Admiration vs. Appreciation — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Admiration and Appreciation
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Admiration
Admiration is a social emotion felt by observing people of competence, talent, or skill exceeding standards. Admiration facilitates social learning in groups.
Appreciation
Recognition of the quality, value, significance, or magnitude of people and things.
Admiration
Respect and warm approval
I have the greatest admiration for all those involved in the project
Appreciation
A judgment or opinion, especially a favorable one.
Admiration
A feeling of strong approval or delight with regard to someone or something
The students' admiration for their teacher.
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Appreciation
An expression of gratitude.
Admiration
The state of being viewed with such approval or delight
An actor held in admiration by her peers.
Appreciation
Awareness or delicate perception, especially of aesthetic qualities or values.
Admiration
The object of such approval and delight
A movie that was the admiration of many critics.
Appreciation
A rise in value or price, especially over time.
Admiration
(Archaic) The action of wondering; marveling.
Appreciation
The act of appreciating.
Admiration
A positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful
Admiration of a war hero
They looked at the landscape in admiration.
Appreciation
A fair valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence; gratitude and esteem.
We give to you this trophy as a token of our appreciation of all your years of service.
Admiration
(obsolete) Wondering or questioning (without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject).
Appreciation
Accurate perception; true estimation.
An appreciation of the difficulties before us
An appreciation of colors
Admiration
(obsolete) Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise.
Appreciation
A rise in value.
Admiration
Wonder; astonishment.
Season your admiration for a while.
Appreciation
A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.
Admiration
Wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman, of a landscape, of virtue.
Appreciation
Accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors.
His foreboding showed his appreciation of Henry's character.
Admiration
Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise; a prodigy.
Now, good Lafeu, bring in the admiration.
Appreciation
A rise in value; - opposed to depreciation.
Admiration
A feeling of delighted approval and liking
Appreciation
Understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something;
He has a good grasp of accounting practices
Admiration
The feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
Appreciation
Delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values);
Arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success
To ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste
Admiration
A favorable judgment;
A small token in admiration of your works
Appreciation
An expression of gratitude;
He expressed his appreciation in a short note
Appreciation
A favorable judgment;
A small token in admiration of your works
Appreciation
An increase in price or value;
An appreciation of 30% in the value of real estate
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