different between homage vs praise

English

Etymology

From Middle English homage, from Old French homage, hommage, from Medieval Latin hominaticum (“homage, the service of a vassal or 'man'”) and Late Latin homaticum, from Latin homo (“a man, in Medieval Latin a vassal”) + -aticum (“pertaining to”). The American pronunciations in /-???/ and with silent h are due to confusion with the near-synonym hommage, which is indeed pronounced /o??m???/.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h?m?d?/
• (General American) enPR: (h)?m??j, ?-mäj?, IPA^(key): /?(h)?m?d?/, /o??m??/
• Rhymes: -?m?d?, -???
• Hyphenation: hom?age

Noun

homage (countable and uncountable, plural homages)

1. (countable, uncountable) A demonstration of respect, such as towards an individual after their retirement or death
   • 2006, New York Times

     It’s appropriate that we pay homage to them and the sacrifices they made.
2. (countable) An artistic work imitating another in a flattering style. Recently, the pronunciation /o??m???/ has been introduced from French for this usage; see hommage, which preserves the French spelling.
   • 2002, Kevin Williamson, Dawson's Creek (TV, episode 6.01)

     He likes to tell people that it's a Hitchcockian thriller, but that's kind of like saying Happy Gilmore is a homage to Woody Allen.

3. (historical) In feudalism, the formal oath of a vassal to honor his or her lord's rights.

Usage notes

• Often used in the construction pay homage to.
• Because of the different pronunciations, homage is sometimes preceded by the article a and sometimes by an.

Synonyms

• manred

Derived terms

• homager

Translations

Verb

homage (third-person singular simple present homages, present participle homaging, simple past and past participle homaged)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To pay reverence to by external action.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to pay homage.
   • 1641, Abraham Cowley, A Poem on the Civil War

     The Austrian Crowns and Romes seven Hills she shook; >br>To her great Neptune Homag'd all his Streams

Translations

Further reading

• homage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• homage in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Homage (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• ohmage

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hommage, omage, umage

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French homage, hommage, from Medieval Latin homin?ticum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?a?d?(?)/, /um?a?d?(?)/

Noun

homage (plural homages)

1. An oath of loyalty to a liege performed by their vassal; a pledge of allegiance.
2. Money given to a liege by a vassal or the privilege of collecting such money.
3. A demonstration of respect or honor towards an individual (including prayer).
4. (rare) Membership in an organised religion or belief system.
5. (rare) The totality of a feudal lord's subjects when collected.

Related terms

• homager

Descendants

• English: homage
• Scots: homage

References

• “hom??e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-02.

Old French

Alternative forms

• hommage, honmage, humage

Etymology

From Medieval Latin hominaticum; equivalent to home +? -age.

Noun

homage m (oblique plural homages, nominative singular homages, nominative plural homage)

1. oath; pledge

Descendants

• Middle English: homage, hommage, omage, umage
  • English: homage
  • Scots: homage
• French: hommage

See also

• loiauté
• vasselage

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)

1. commendation; favourable representation in words

2. 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)

1. 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

1. genitive singular of prais