different between praise vs revere

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 French révérer, ultimately from Latin revereor, from re- +? vereor (“to fear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.vi??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Verb

revere (third-person singular simple present reveres, present participle revering, simple past and past participle revered)

1. (transitive) to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion.
2. (transitive, also religion) to honour in a form lesser than worship, e.g. a saint, or an idol

Synonyms

• respect
• venerate

Antonyms

• contemn
• despise

Related terms

• reverence

Translations

Noun

revere (plural reveres)

1. a revers

Anagrams

• veerer

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English r?afere; equivalent to reven +? -er.

Alternative forms

• rævere, reavere, reiver, reaferæ, reavar, revre, revar, revour, refar, reyvour, reyver, rever, ryver

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r??v?r(?)/

Noun

revere (plural reveres)

1. A robber or burglar; one who steals or thieves.
2. A reaver or looter.

Descendants

• English: reaver
• Scots: refar (obsolete)

References

• “r?ver(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-16.

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman rivere.

Noun

revere

1. Alternative form of ryver