Definitions
- Asking for something in a humble and earnest manner. - Making a request or plea with a sense of urgency or desperation. - Seeking help or assistance from a higher power or authority.
- Making a sincere and urgent request or appeal for something. - Pleading with someone to do something or to change their mind. - Begging or imploring someone to take a particular action or to show mercy.
List of Similarities
- 1Both words involve making a request or plea for something.
- 2Both words convey a sense of urgency or desperation.
- 3Both words can be used in formal or informal contexts.
- 4Both words imply a level of humility or respect towards the person being addressed.
- 5Both words can be used in religious or spiritual contexts.
What is the difference?
- 1Intensity: Supplicate implies a more intense level of pleading or begging than entreat.
- 2Formality: Entreat is more commonly used in everyday language than supplicate, which is more formal and archaic.
- 3Connotation: Supplicate has a more religious or spiritual connotation than entreat, which is more general in meaning.
- 4Usage: Supplicate is often used in the context of asking for divine intervention or mercy, while entreat can be used in a wider range of contexts.
Remember this!
Supplicate and entreat are synonyms that both refer to making a request or plea for something. However, supplicate implies a more intense level of pleading or begging, often in a religious or spiritual context, while entreat is more general in meaning and can be used in a wider range of contexts. Entreat is also more commonly used in everyday language than supplicate.
