different between veneration vs gratitude

English

Etymology

From Middle French vénération, from Old French veneracion, from Latin veneratio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?n???e???n/
• Hyphenation: ven?e?ra?tion

Noun

veneration (countable and uncountable, plural venerations)

1. The act of venerating or the state of being venerated.
3. Profound reverence, respect or awe.
   • 1848, w:William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Bradbury and Evans, page 2:

     In Miss Jemima's eyes an autograph letter of her sister, Miss Pinkerton, was an object of as deep veneration as would have been a letter from a sovereign.

4. Religious zeal, idolatry or devotion.

Translations

Anagrams

• Evertonian, enervation

English

Etymology

From French gratitude, from Medieval Latin gr?tit?d? (“thankfulness”), from Latin gr?tus (“thankful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???æt?t(j)ud/

Noun

gratitude (countable and uncountable, plural gratitudes)

1. The state of being grateful.

Synonyms

• appreciation
• thankfulness
• gratefulness

Antonyms

• ingratitude

Related terms

• grace
• grateful
• gratification
• gratify

Translations

Further reading

• gratitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• gratitude in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• gratitude at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Etymology

Derived from ingratitude, from Late Latin ingratitudo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a.ti.tyd/
• Homophone: gratitudes
• Hyphenation: gra?ti?tude

Noun

gratitude f (plural gratitudes)

1. gratitude

Synonyms

• reconnaissance

Antonyms

• ingratitude

Further reading

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