different between exalt vs revere

English

Etymology

From Old French exalter, from Latin exalt?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???z??lt/
• Rhymes: -??lt
• Hyphenation: ex?alt

Verb

exalt (third-person singular simple present exalts, present participle exalting, simple past and past participle exalted)

1. (transitive) To honor; to hold in high esteem.

   They exalted their queen.

2. (transitive) To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate.

   The man was exalted from a humble carpenter to a minister.

3. (transitive) To elate, or fill with the joy of success.
4. (transitive, chemistry, archaic) To refine or subtilize.

Usage notes

Do not confuse exalt (praise) (transitive) with exult (rejoice) (intransitive).

Synonyms

• upgrade

Antonyms

• abase
• demean

Derived terms

• exaltedly
• exaltedness
• exalter

Translations

See also

• exult

Further reading

• exalt at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• -taxel, LaTeX, latex, taxel

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