different between acclaim vs compliments

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?.?kle?m/
• Rhymes: -e?m

Etymology 1

• First attested in the early 14th century.
• (to applaud): First attested in the 1630s.
• Borrowed from Latin accl?m? (“raise a cry at; applaud”), formed from ad- + cl?m? (“cry out, shout”).

Verb

acclaim (third-person singular simple present acclaims, present participle acclaiming, simple past and past participle acclaimed)

1. (archaic, transitive) To shout; to call out.
2. (transitive) To express great approval (for).
   • 1911, Saki, The Chronicles of Clovis

     The design, when finally developed, was a slight disappointment to Monsieur Deplis, who had suspected Icarus of being a fortress taken by Wallenstein in the Thirty Years' War, but he was more than satisfied with the execution of the work, which was acclaimed by all who had the privilege of seeing it as Pincini's masterpiece.

3. (transitive, rare) To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.
   • 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence

     a glad acclaiming train

4. (transitive, obsolete) To claim.
5. (transitive) To declare by acclamations.
6. (Canada, politics) To elect to an office by having no opposition.

Derived terms

• acclaimable
• acclaimer

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

• First attested in 1667.

Noun

acclaim (countable and uncountable, plural acclaims)

1. (poetic) An acclamation; a shout of applause.
2. (obsolete) A claim.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:applause

Translations

Anagrams

• malacic

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?mpl?m?nts/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?mpl?m?nts/
• Homophone: complements
• Hyphenation: com?pli?ments

Noun

compliments

1. plural of compliment
2. Good wishes.

   Please accept this 2011 calendar with our compliments.

Derived terms

• with compliments

Usage notes

• In the sense of good wishes, one is often said to pay or present one's compliments to somebody.

Catalan

Noun

compliments

1. plural of compliment

French

Pronunciation

Noun

compliments m

1. plural of compliment