different between acclaim vs revere

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

Etymology

From French révérer, ultimately from Latin revereor, from re- +? vereor (“to fear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.vi??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Verb

revere (third-person singular simple present reveres, present participle revering, simple past and past participle revered)

1. (transitive) to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion.
2. (transitive, also religion) to honour in a form lesser than worship, e.g. a saint, or an idol

Synonyms

• respect
• venerate

Antonyms

• contemn
• despise

Related terms

• reverence

Translations

Noun

revere (plural reveres)

1. a revers

Anagrams

• veerer

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English r?afere; equivalent to reven +? -er.

Alternative forms

• rævere, reavere, reiver, reaferæ, reavar, revre, revar, revour, refar, reyvour, reyver, rever, ryver

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r??v?r(?)/

Noun

revere (plural reveres)

1. A robber or burglar; one who steals or thieves.
2. A reaver or looter.

Descendants

• English: reaver
• Scots: refar (obsolete)

References

• “r?ver(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-16.

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman rivere.

Noun

revere

1. Alternative form of ryver