different between praise vs glorification

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

From Middle French glorification, from Latin glorificatio.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

glorification (countable and uncountable, plural glorifications)

1. The act of glorifying or the state of being glorified.
2. Specifically, the ascension (of Christ or humans) to the glory of heaven.
   • 2017, Meghan O'Gieblyn, The Guardian, 18 April:

     Christ was guiding evolution toward a state of glorification so that humanity could finally merge with God in eternal perfection.

3. The worshiping of a deity; extolment or laudation.
4. The portrayal of something as being ideal; idealization.

Antonyms

• vilification

Translations

French

Etymology

glorifier +? -ation

Pronunciation

Noun

glorification f (plural glorifications)

1. glorification
2. aggrandizement

Derived terms

• autoglorification