How Do You Distinguish Flattery from Admiration!

The difference between flattery and admiration is I think, Sincerity! A flattery can be, or is usually insincere with the intent of some gain, whereas admiration is pure and sincere without any gains!

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You brought out the nuances between the two perfectly!!

Undeserved admiration and that out of context is flattery. Generally, we admire in absence and flatter in presence of concerned person.

sincere praise is admiration an we all know in our minds whether the praise is sincere and we actual deserve.

Admiration is which does not expect in return but flattery is a thing which expects some thing from others

Great explanations coming from members! Thanks Gulshanji,for sharing this insight!

Amdmiration is a serious thing which comes from heart and flattery is a thing which comes from the greedy feeling to get something from others so they do drama by flattering

It can be both. Usually, for flattering we may require a lot of sentences to be made fit into the situation. But for true admiration, even just a word can reach the other person's heart at the bottom, because true words are born from the bottom of our heart and it can travel more distance with full magnitude.

Admiration is a quality which is genuinely present in an individual.....however flattery is something which is not possessed by any individual but still you talk about it.....

Very good explanation from our friends for admiration and Flattery. Thanks for kalyani mam and gulshan ji for sharing this.

When this is done to gain some thing and you know that this overly done is flattery where as the praise is not for gains but true from the heart. The difference is obvious and one knows it instantly.

Amdmiration is a serious thing which comes from heart and flattery is a thing which comes from the greedy feeling to get something from others so they do drama by flattering

I am not clear about your explanation sarala, can you please explain in brief., :huh: :huh:

Amdmiration is a serious thing which comes from heart and flattery is a thing which comes from the greedy feeling to get something from others so they do drama by flattering

I am not clear about your explanation sarala, can you please explain in brief., :huh: :huh:

Vinodh, what she means to say is that when you praise someone falsely only to get something out of that person is flattery and the reverse opposite is admiration.

Admiration is the actual liking or appreciation by a person for someone seeing his/her quality/work.But flattery may not be it may be a false admiration just to please a person to get some advantage from him/her. :)

Admiration is the actual liking or appreciation by a person seeing for someone seeing his/her quality/work.But flattery may not be it may be a false admiration just to please a person to get some advantage from him/her. :)

The basic difference is that flattery is insincere whereas admiration is sincere and comes from heart!