Definitions
- Asking for something in a humble and earnest manner. - Pleading or begging for mercy, forgiveness, or help. - Making a request with a sense of desperation or urgency.
- Making a sincere and urgent request for someone's help or intervention. - Pleading or begging for someone's mercy or forgiveness. - Asking someone to do something with great earnestness or urgency.
List of Similarities
- 1Both words involve making a request or plea for something.
- 2Both words convey a sense of urgency or desperation.
- 3Both words are used to ask for help or intervention from someone else.
What is the difference?
- 1Intensity: Supplication is often more intense and emotional than entreaty.
- 2Formality: Supplication is more formal and often associated with religious or spiritual contexts, while entreaty is more commonly used in everyday language.
- 3Connotation: Supplication can imply a sense of submission or inferiority, while entreaty conveys a sense of equality or mutual respect.
- 4Purpose: Supplication is often used to ask for forgiveness or mercy, while entreaty can be used to ask for a wider range of things.
Remember this!
Supplication and entreaty are both words used to make a request or plea for something with a sense of urgency or desperation. However, supplication is often more intense and emotional, associated with religious or spiritual contexts, and implies a sense of submission or inferiority. On the other hand, entreaty is more commonly used in everyday language, conveys a sense of equality or mutual respect, and can be used to ask for a wider range of things.
