different between appreciation vs acceptation

English

Etymology

From French appréciation.Morphologically appreciate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p?i?.?i?e?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

appreciation (countable and uncountable, plural appreciations)

1. A fair valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.

2. Accurate perception; true estimation.
   • 2014, Ian Jack, "Is this the end of Britishness", The Guardian, 16 September 2014:

     The English, until relatively recently, seem to have imagined “English” and “British” to be interchangeable, as if Britain was just a bigger England. Our dualism gave us a better appreciation of the nation-state we lived in, though if Britain was a “nation” as well as a “state”, where did that leave Scotland?
3. A rise in value.

Alternative forms

• 'preciation (pronunciation spelling)

Antonyms

• (rise in value): depreciation

Related terms

• appreciate

Translations

English

Etymology

accept +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æk.s?p.?te?.??n/

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

acceptation (countable and uncountable, plural acceptations)

1. (obsolete) Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; the state of being acceptable.
   • 1769, Oxford Standard text, King James Bible: 1 Timothy, i, 15,

     This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

2. The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received.
   • 1843, John Stuart Mill, ""A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, ..., Bk V, Ch 7:

     In its most proper acceptation, theory means the completed result of philosophical induction from experience.

3. Ready belief.

Related terms

• acceptative

References

• acceptation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Etymology

accepter +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak.s?p.ta.sj??/

Noun

acceptation f (plural acceptations)

1. acceptance
2. approval

Related terms

• acceptatif
• acception