different between adulation vs blarney

English

Etymology

From French adulation, from Latin adul?tio (“flattery”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æd???le???n/, /?ædj??le???n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æd???le???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

adulation (countable and uncountable, plural adulations)

1. Flattery; fulsome praise.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 1,

     It is still possible to discuss his place in art, and the adulation of his admirers is perhaps no less capricious than the disparagement of his detractors; [...]

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:flattery

Related terms

• adulate
• adulator
• adulatory

Translations

See also

• admiration
• adoration

Anagrams

• laudation

French

Etymology

From Latin adul?tio (“flattery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dy.la.sj??/

Noun

adulation f (plural adulations)

1. adulation

Related terms

• aduler
• adulateur

Further reading

• “adulation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Named after a legendary magical stone in Blarney Castle, Ireland that gives the gift of eloquence. See also Blarney Stone.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?bl??ni/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /?bla??ni/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?bl??ni/
• Rhymes: -??(?)ni

Noun

blarney (uncountable)

1. Mindless chatter.

   He is full of blarney.

2. Ability to talk constantly and fluently.
3. Persuasive flattery or kind speech; smooth, wheedling talk.

Verb

blarney (third-person singular simple present blarneys, present participle blarneying, simple past and past participle blarneyed)

1. To beguile with flattery.

Anagrams

• Braelyn, Braylen