different between encouraging vs praise
encouraging
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?k???d????/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n?k???d????/
- Hyphenation: en?cour?aging
Adjective
encouraging (comparative more encouraging, superlative most encouraging)
- giving courage, confidence or hope
- Although there is no cure for the disease yet, the research results are encouraging.
- supporting by giving encouragement
- auspicious, or bringing good luck
Translations
Verb
encouraging
- present participle of encourage
Noun
encouraging (plural encouragings)
- encouragement
- 1853, The Living Age (volume 37, page 58)
- […] the thousand little ties of sympathy and mutual hopes and fears, comfortings and encouragings.
- 1853, The Living Age (volume 37, page 58)
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praise
English
Etymology
From Middle English praisen, preisen, borrowed from Old French proisier, preisier (“to value, prize”), from Late Latin preti? (“to value, prize”) from pretium (“price, worth, reward”). See prize. Displaced native Middle English lofen, loven (“to praise”) (from Old English lofian, compare Middle English and Old English lof (“praise”), see love, lofe, loff), Middle English herien (“to praise, glorify, celebrate”) (from Old English herian), Middle English rosen (“to praise, glorify”) (from Old Norse hrósa).
Pronunciation
- enPR: pr?z, IPA(key): /p?e?z/
- Rhymes: -e?z
- Homophones: prays, preys
Noun
praise (countable and uncountable, plural praises)
- commendation; favourable representation in words
- worship
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:praise
Antonyms
- blame
- criticize
- See Thesaurus:praise
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
praise (third-person singular simple present praises, present participle praising, simple past and past participle praised)
- To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship.
Antonyms
- blame
Derived terms
- overpraise
- underpraise
- unpraised
Translations
Further reading
- praise in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- praise in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Arispe, Parise, Pearis, Persia, aspire, paires, paries, spirea
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
praise f
- genitive singular of prais
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