different between enticement vs adulation

English

Etymology

From Old French enticement.

Noun

enticement (countable and uncountable, plural enticements)

1. The act or practice of enticing, of alluring or tempting
2. That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; an alluring object

Translations

References

• enticement in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• enticement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• encitement

Old French

Etymology

enticier +? -ment.

Noun

enticement m (oblique plural enticemenz or enticementz, nominative singular enticemenz or enticementz, nominative plural enticement)

1. incitement (act, instance of inciting)

Descendants

• ? English: enticement

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (enticement)
• enticement on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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).