Prize and Respect

Prize

Prize verb - To hold dear.
Usage example: veterinarians know that pets are highly prized by their owners

Respect is a synonym for prize in honour topic. In some cases you can use "Respect" instead a verb "Prize", when it comes to topics like praise.

Nearby Words: prized, prizing

Respect

Respect verb - To think very highly or favorably of.
Usage example: an upstanding senator who is respected by political allies and foes alike

Prize is a synonym for respect in esteem topic. You can use "Prize" instead a verb "Respect", if it concerns topics such as honour, praise.

How words are described

good good prize good respect
high high prize high respect
full full prize full respect
special special prize special respect
Other adjectives: particular, better, certain, sufficient, critical, single, actual, real, large, great, huge, little, new, possible, extra, highest, greater, greatest, higher.

Common collocations

power prize power respect power
time prize time respect time
women prize women respect women

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Roll Bounce While The Garden Boy's lose out on the trophy and prize money, they have earned quite a bit of respect from the Sweetwater crowd, and even the man himself.
  • Ipos may get the prize for oddest-looking Goetic in this respect: angel with lion's head, goose's feet, and hare's tail.
  • Comic Book / Maus In 1992, it received a special Pulitzer prize as an acknowledgment of all this.Anyone who thinks comics don't get respect simply must read this.
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