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Admiration vs. Formidable — What's the Difference?

Admiration vs. Formidable — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Admiration and Formidable

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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.

Formidable

Arousing fear, dread, or alarm
The formidable prospect of major surgery.

Admiration

Respect and warm approval
I have the greatest admiration for all those involved in the project

Formidable

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
"A woman of formidable intelligence and tenacity, [she] prides herself on being independent-minded" (Nan Levinson).

Admiration

A feeling of strong approval or delight with regard to someone or something
The students' admiration for their teacher.
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Formidable

Difficult to undertake, surmount, or defeat
A formidable challenge.
A formidable opponent.

Admiration

The state of being viewed with such approval or delight
An actor held in admiration by her peers.

Formidable

Causing fear, dread, awe, or discouragement as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive feature; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment.

Admiration

The object of such approval and delight
A movie that was the admiration of many critics.

Formidable

Difficult to defeat or overcome.
A formidable opponent

Admiration

(Archaic) The action of wondering; marveling.

Formidable

Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming.
They seemed to fear the formodable sight.
I swell my preface into a volume, and make it formidable, when you see so many pages behind.

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.

Formidable

Extremely impressive in strength or excellence;
A formidable opponent
The challenge was formidable
Had a formidable array of compositions to his credit
The formidable army of brains at the Prime Minister's disposal

Admiration

(obsolete) Wondering or questioning (without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject).

Formidable

Inspiring fear;
The formidable prospect of major surgery
A tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic
Something unnerving and prisonlike about high gray wall

Admiration

(obsolete) Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise.

Admiration

Wonder; astonishment.
Season your admiration for a while.

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.

Admiration

Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise; a prodigy.
Now, good Lafeu, bring in the admiration.

Admiration

A feeling of delighted approval and liking

Admiration

The feeling aroused by something strange and surprising

Admiration

A favorable judgment;
A small token in admiration of your works

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