different between exhortation vs exclamation

English

Etymology

From Old French exhortacion, from Latin exhort?ti?nem, accusative singular of exhort?ti? (“encouraging; exhortation”), from exhortor (“encourage, exhort”), from ex (“out of, from”) + hortor (“encourage”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

exhortation (countable and uncountable, plural exhortations)

1. The act or practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable.
2. Language intended to incite and encourage

   Synonym: counsel

   Antonym: admonition

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:advice

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exhort?ti?. Synchronically analysable as exhorter +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.z??.ta.sj??/

Noun

exhortation f (plural exhortations)

1. An exhortation

   Synonym: encouragement

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French exclamation, from Latin exclamatio, from ex (“out”) + clamare (“I cry out”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??kskl??me??(?)n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

exclamation (countable and uncountable, plural exclamations)

1. A loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
2. A word expressing outcry; an interjection
3. (linguistics) A clause type used to make an exclamatory statement: What a mess they made!; How stupid I was!
4. The sign "!" by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked.

Synonyms

• (punctuation “!”): exclamation mark, exclamation point

Derived terms

• exclamation mark, exclamation point

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Coatlán Mixe

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exclamatio, exclamationem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.skla.ma.sj??/

Noun

exclamation f (plural exclamations)

1. exclamation (cry of joy)

Derived terms

• point d'exclamation

Related terms

• exclamer

Further reading

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