different between extol vs commend

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extoll? (“elevate, raise high”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?st??l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?sto?l/

Verb

extol (third-person singular simple present extols, present participle extolling, simple past and past participle extolled)

1. To praise; to make high.

   Synonyms: belaud, flatter

Derived terms

• extoller
• extolment

Translations

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “extol”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

English

Etymology

From Middle English commenden, from Old French comender, from Latin commend? (“commend, entrust to, commit, recommend”), from com- + mandare (“to commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand”) + dare (“to put”). Doublet of command.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??m?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd

Verb

commend (third-person singular simple present commends, present participle commending, simple past and past participle commended)

1. (transitive) To congratulate or reward.

2. (transitive) To praise or acclaim.

   • Segrais on this Subject of a Heroe's ?hedding Tears, ob?erves that Hi?torians commend Alexander for weeping, when he read the mighty Actions of Achilles.

3. (transitive) To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.

   • Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.

4. (transitive) To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and goodwill.
5. (transitive) To recommend.
   • 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature

     Among the objects of knowledge, two especially […] commend themselves to our contemplation.

   • I commend vnto you Phebe our sister, which is a seruant of the Church which is at Cenchrea:

6. (transitive, dated) To adorn; to set off.

Related terms

• commendable
• commendation
• commendatory
• recommend

Translations

See also

• suggest
• consider
• approval

Noun

commend (plural commends)

1. (obsolete) Commendation; praise.
2. (obsolete, in the plural) Compliments; greetings.
   • 3 August 1621, James Howell, "to Dr. Thomas Prichard at Worcester House" in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ

     Hearty commends and much endeared love unto you.

Further reading

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