different between respect vs tact
respect
English
Etymology
From Middle English respect, from Old French respect, also respit (“respect, regard, consideration”), from Latin respectus (“a looking at, regard, respect”), perfect passive participle of respici? (“look at, look back upon, respect”), from re- (“back”) + speci? (“to see”). Doublet of respite.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???sp?kt/
- Rhymes: -?kt
- Hyphenation: re?spect
Noun
respect (countable and uncountable, plural respects)
- (uncountable) an attitude of consideration or high regard
- Synonyms: deference, esteem, consideration, regard, fealty, reverence, aught
- (uncountable) good opinion, honor, or admiration
- Synonyms: admiration, esteem, reverence, regard, recognition, veneration, honor
- (uncountable, always plural) Polite greetings, often offered as condolences after a death.
- (countable) a particular aspect, feature or detail of something
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 36:
- In our two loves there is but one respect
- Synonyms: aspect, dimension, face, facet, side
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 36:
- Good will; favor
- 1611, King James Version, Exodus 2:25:
- And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
- 1611, King James Version, Exodus 2:25:
Usage notes
- Adjectives often applied to "respect": great, high, utmost, absolute
Antonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- respective
Translations
Verb
respect (third-person singular simple present respects, present participle respecting, simple past and past participle respected)
- To have respect for.
- To have regard for something, to observe a custom, practice, rule or right.
- To abide by an agreement.
- To take notice of; to regard as worthy of special consideration; to heed.
- (transitive, dated except in "respecting") To relate to; to be concerned with.
- 1806, James Lee, An Introduction to Botany:
- Glandulation respects the secretory vessels, which are either glandules, follicles, or utricles.
- 1806, James Lee, An Introduction to Botany:
- (obsolete) To regard; to consider; to deem.
- (obsolete) To look toward; to face.
Derived terms
Synonyms
- (to have respect for): esteem, honor, revere, venerate
- (to regard as worthy of special consideration): esteem, value
- (to abide by an agreement): honor
Antonyms
- (to have respect for): contemn, despect (verb) (archaic), despise, dis, diss, disrespect (verb)
- (to regard as worthy of special consideration): belittle, ignore, neglect, slight
Translations
Interjection
respect
- (Jamaican) hello, hi
References
- respect at OneLook Dictionary Search
- respect in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- respect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- respect in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Sceptre, recepts, scepter, sceptre, specter, spectre
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French respect, from Old French respect, from Latin respectus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r?s?p?kt/, /r??sp?kt/
- Hyphenation: res?pect
- Rhymes: -?kt
Noun
respect n (uncountable)
- respect
- Synonym: eerbied
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: respek
- ? Indonesian: respek
French
Etymology
From Latin respectus. Doublet of répit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??s.p?/
Noun
respect m (plural respects)
- respect
Derived terms
- avec tout le respect que je vous dois
- respecter
- respectueux
- sauf votre respect
- tenir en respect
Further reading
- “respect” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- spectre
Jamaican Creole
Alternative forms
- respeck
Etymology
From English respect.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???s?sp?k/
- Hyphenation: res?pect
Interjection
respect
- greetings, hello, hi
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
- bye, goodbye
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
See also
- guidance
- manners
- protection
Noun
respect
- respect
- Synonym: ratings
Derived terms
- respect due
Verb
respect
- respect
- Synonym: rate
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French respect, Latin respectus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /res?pekt/
Noun
respect n (uncountable)
- respect, consideration, deference, esteem, regard
- Synonym: stim?
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
- respect in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
respect From the web:
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tact
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin t?ctus. Sense “keen perception” developed in French tact.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tækt/
- Rhymes: -ækt
Noun
tact (countable and uncountable, plural tacts)
- The sense of touch; feeling. [from 1650s]
- 1829, Robert Southey, Sir Thomas More; or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society
- Did you suppose that I could not make myself sensible to tact as well as sight?
- 1881, Joseph LeConte, Sight: An Exposition on the Principles of Monocular and Binocular Vision
- Now, sight is a very refined tact.
- 1829, Robert Southey, Sir Thomas More; or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society
- (music) The stroke in beating time.
- Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing. [from early 19th c.]
- Synonyms: sensitivity, consideration, diplomacy, tactfulness
- (slang) Clipping of tactic.
- 2006 "Block Party", Corner Gas
- Wanda "Hey, can you show us?"
Karen "No"
Brent "We promise not to make fun of you."
Karen "No"
Lacey "Okay, we promise TO make fun of you."
Karen "I'm getting a drink"
Lacey "I was trying a different tact."
Wanda "Bad tack."
- Wanda "Hey, can you show us?"
- 2006 "Block Party", Corner Gas
- (psychology) A verbal operant which is controlled by a nonverbal stimulus (such as an object, event, or property of an object) and is maintained by nonspecific social reinforcement (praise).
- 2013, Jacob L. Gewirtz, William M. Kurtines, Jacob L. Lamb, Intersections With Attachment
- Skinner (1957) saw such tacts as responses that are reinforced socially.
- 2013, Jacob L. Gewirtz, William M. Kurtines, Jacob L. Lamb, Intersections With Attachment
Derived terms
- tactful
- tactless
Translations
Verb
tact (third-person singular simple present tacts, present participle tacting, simple past and past participle tacted)
- (psychology) To use a tact (a kind of verbal operant; see noun sense).
Further reading
- tact on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- tact in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- tact in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
References
Anagrams
- Catt
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French tact.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?kt/
- Hyphenation: tact
- Rhymes: -?kt
Noun
tact m (uncountable)
- tact, discernment
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tactus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /takt/
Noun
tact m (plural tacts)
- tact
Related terms
- tactile
Further reading
- “tact” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
tact From the web:
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- why were the vietcong tactics so effective
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