different between recommendation vs exhortation

English

Etymology

From Middle English recommendacion, from Anglo-Norman recomendacion, from Medieval Latin recommendatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k?m?n?de???n/, /???k?m?n?de???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

recommendation (countable and uncountable, plural recommendations)

1. An act of recommending.
2. That which is recommended.
3. A commendation or endorsement.

   Your next employer may require a recommendation.

4. A suggestion or proposal about the best course of action (with adpositions including "about" for the context and "to" for the course of action)

   He made a recommendation about what food to order.

   We followed the recommendation to order sushi.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:advice

Translations

See also

• recommend

English

Etymology

From Old French exhortacion, from Latin exhort?ti?nem, accusative singular of exhort?ti? (“encouraging; exhortation”), from exhortor (“encourage, exhort”), from ex (“out of, from”) + hortor (“encourage”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

exhortation (countable and uncountable, plural exhortations)

1. The act or practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable.
2. Language intended to incite and encourage

   Synonym: counsel

   Antonym: admonition

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:advice

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exhort?ti?. Synchronically analysable as exhorter +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.z??.ta.sj??/

Noun

exhortation f (plural exhortations)

1. An exhortation

   Synonym: encouragement

Further reading

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