different between praise vs bouquet

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bouquet. Doublet of bosket.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo??ke?/, /bu?ke?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Noun

bouquet (plural bouquets)

1. A bunch of cut flowers.

2. The scent of a particular wine.

3. The heart note of a perfume.

4. A compliment or expression of praise.
5. (mathematics) A bouquet of circles.
6. (card games) The reserve of cards in the game of Flower Garden and variations.
7. (cartomancy) The ninth Lenormand card, sometimes called Flowers instead.

Derived terms

• bouquet of circles, bouquet of spheres, bouquets and brickbats

Translations

See also

• bouquet garni
• nosegay
• corsage
• posy

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bouquet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buk?/, [b?u?k??] or IPA^(key): /buke/, [b?u?k?e]

Noun

bouquet c (singular definite bouqueten or bouquet'en, not used in plural form)

1. bouquet (scent of wine)

Related terms

• buket

Further reading

• “bouquet” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Old French bochet, from bois (“woods”), from Medieval Latin boscus (“grove”), from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *b?uH- (“to grow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.k?/

Noun

bouquet m (plural bouquets)

1. bouquet, bunch
2. a set or selection of something.
3. aroma, bouquet (scent of wine)

Derived terms

• bouquet garni

Descendants

Further reading

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