different between preferment vs appreciation

English

Etymology 1

From prefer +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p???f??m?nt/

Noun

preferment (countable and uncountable, plural preferments)

1. (now historical) Prior claim (on payment, or on purchasing something); the first rights to obtain a particular payment or product. [from 15th c.]
2. (obsolete) The fact of being pushed or advanced to a more favourable situation; furtherance, promotion (of a candidate, action, undertaking etc.). [15th–17th c.]
3. Advancement to a higher position or office; promotion. [from 15th c.]
4. A position (especially in the Church of England) that provides profit or prestige. [from 16th c.]
5. (now rare) The fact of preferring something; preference. [from 16th c.]

Etymology 2

pre- +? ferment

Noun

preferment (plural preferments)

1. A mixture of flour, water and yeast that is allowed to ferment prior to another baking process

Related terms

• prefermentation

English

Etymology

From French appréciation.Morphologically appreciate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p?i?.?i?e?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

appreciation (countable and uncountable, plural appreciations)

1. A fair valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.

2. Accurate perception; true estimation.
   • 2014, Ian Jack, "Is this the end of Britishness", The Guardian, 16 September 2014:

     The English, until relatively recently, seem to have imagined “English” and “British” to be interchangeable, as if Britain was just a bigger England. Our dualism gave us a better appreciation of the nation-state we lived in, though if Britain was a “nation” as well as a “state”, where did that leave Scotland?
3. A rise in value.

Alternative forms

• 'preciation (pronunciation spelling)

Antonyms

• (rise in value): depreciation

Related terms

• appreciate

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