Recognition vs. Acclaim — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Recognition and Acclaim
ADVERTISEMENT
Compare with Definitions
Recognition
The act of recognizing or condition of being recognized.
Acclaim
To praise enthusiastically and often publicly.
Recognition
An awareness that something perceived has been perceived before.
Acclaim
To acknowledge or declare with enthusiastic approval
She was acclaimed person of the year.
Recognition
An acceptance as true or valid, as of a claim
A recognition of their civil rights.
ADVERTISEMENT
Acclaim
To shout approval.
Recognition
Attention or favorable notice
She received recognition for her many achievements.
Acclaim
Enthusiastic praise; acclamation.
Recognition
Official acceptance of the national status of a new government by another nation.
Acclaim
To shout; to call out.
Recognition
(Biology) The ability of one molecule to attach itself to another molecule having a complementary shape, as in enzyme-substrate and antibody-antigen interactions.
Acclaim
(transitive) To express great approval (for).
A highly-acclaimed novel
A widely-acclaimed article
Recognition
The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity.
He looked at her for ten full minutes before recognition dawned.
Acclaim
To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.
Recognition
Acceptance as valid or true.
The law was a recognition of their civil rights.
Acclaim
To claim.
Recognition
Official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country.
Acclaim
(transitive) To declare by acclamations.
Recognition
Honour, favourable note, or attention.
The charity gained plenty of recognition for its efforts, but little money.
Acclaim
To elect (a politician, etc.) to an office automatically because no other candidates run; elect by acclamation.
Recognition
(immunology) The propriety consisting for antibodies to bind to some specific antigens and not to others.
Acclaim
(poetic) An acclamation; a shout of applause.
Recognition
A return of the feu to the superior.
Acclaim
(obsolete) A claim.
Recognition
The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice.
The lives of such saints had, at the time of their yearly memorials, solemn recognition in the church of God.
Acclaim
To applaud.
Recognition
The state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged;
The partners were delighted with the recognition of their work
She seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own
Acclaim
To declare by acclamations.
While the shouting crowdAcclaims thee king of traitors.
Recognition
The process of recognizing something or someone by remembering;
A politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces
Experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer
Acclaim
To shout; as, to acclaim my joy.
Recognition
Approval;
Give her recognition for trying
He was given credit for his work
Give her credit for trying
The credits were given at the end of the film
Acclaim
To shout applause.
Recognition
Coming to understand something clearly and distinctly;
A growing realization of the risk involved
A sudden recognition of the problem he faced
Increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases
Acclaim
Acclamation.
Recognition
(biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape;
Molecular recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization of molecules into larger biologically active entities
Acclaim
Enthusiastic approval;
The book met with modest acclaim
He acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd
They gave him more eclat than he really deserved
Recognition
The explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country;
Territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in 1991
Acclaim
Praise vociferously;
The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein
Recognition
An acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid;
The recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico and the United States
Acclaim
Clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
Recognition
Designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body;
He was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman
Share Your Discovery
Previous Comparison
Turbulent vs. Stormy
Next Comparison
Coloring vs. Painting
