different between panegyric vs applause

English

Alternative forms

• panegyrick (obsolete)
• panegyry (obsolete)

Etymology

From French panégyrique, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (pan?gurikós), from ???- (pan-) "all" + agyris "place of assembly", Aeolic form of ????? (agorá)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pæn??d?????k/, /?pæn??d??a???k/

Noun

panegyric (countable and uncountable, plural panegyrics)

1. A formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something.

   Synonym: eulogy

   • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 197):

     He then spoke in the usual boastful manner of his progenitors, added a flaming panegyric upon himself, and strolled down the road to repeat his speech at the next house.
2. Someone who writes or delivers such a speech.

Derived terms

• panegyrical
• panegyrically

Translations

Adjective

panegyric (comparative more panegyric, superlative most panegyric)

1. panegyrical

English

Etymology

From Latin applausus, from applaud? (“I strike against, I applaud”) (whence applaud).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: ?plôz?, IPA^(key): /??pl??z/
• Rhymes: -??z
• (US) enPR: ?plôz?, IPA^(key): /??pl?z/
• (cot–caught merger) enPR: ?pläz', IPA^(key): /??pl?z/

Noun

applause (usually uncountable, plural applauses)

1. The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, stamping or tapping of the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.

   Synonyms: acclaim, acclamation, approbation, approval, commendation, plaudit; see also Thesaurus:applause, Thesaurus:praise

Derived terms

• applauseometer (informal, US)

Translations

Further reading

• applause on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ap?plau?.se/, [äp?p??äu?s??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ap?plau?.se/, [?p?pl??u?s?]

Participle

applause

1. vocative masculine singular of applausus