different between acclaim vs esteem
acclaim
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)
- (archaic, transitive) To shout; to call out.
- (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.
- 1911, Saki, The Chronicles of Clovis
- (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
- 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence
- (transitive, obsolete) To claim.
- (transitive) To declare by acclamations.
- (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)
- (poetic) An acclamation; a shout of applause.
- (obsolete) A claim.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:applause
Translations
Anagrams
- malacic
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esteem
English
Alternative forms
- æsteem (archaic)
- esteeme (obsolete)
Etymology
First at end of 16th century; borrowed from Middle French estimer, from Latin aestim? (“to value, rate, weigh, estimate”); see estimate and aim, an older word, partly a doublet of esteem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?ti?m/, /?s?ti?m/
- Rhymes: -i?m
Noun
esteem (usually uncountable, plural esteems)
- Favourable regard.
Derived terms
- self-esteem
Translations
Verb
esteem (third-person singular simple present esteems, present participle esteeming, simple past and past participle esteemed)
- To set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence.
- Will he esteem thy riches?
- You talk kindlier: we esteem you for it.
- To regard something as valuable; to prize.
- To look upon something in a particular way.
- Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
- 1535, Edmund Bonner, De vera obedientia by Stephen Gardiner (Preface)
- Thou shouldest (gentle reader) esteem his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence.
- Famous men, whose scientific attainments were esteemed hardly less than supernatural.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. V, The English
- And greatly do I respect the solid character, — a blockhead, thou wilt say; yes, but a well-conditioned blockhead, and the best-conditioned, — who esteems all ‘Customs once solemnly acknowledged’ to be ultimate, divine, and the rule for a man to walk by, nothing doubting, not inquiring farther.
- (obsolete) To judge; to estimate; to appraise
Synonyms
- (to regard with respect): respect, revere
- (to regard as valuable): cherish
Antonyms
- (to regard with respect): contemn, despise
- (to regard as valuable): scorn, slight
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “esteem”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Further reading
- esteem in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- esteem in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Mestee, mestee
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