What's the difference between commend and greeting?

Commend


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation.
  • (v. t.) To recommend as worthy of confidence or regard; to present as worthy of notice or favorable attention.
  • (v. t.) To mention with approbation; to praise; as, to commend a person or an act.
  • (v. t.) To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and good will.
  • (n.) Commendation; praise.
  • (n.) Compliments; greetings.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Last week, the army major who ordered Dar to be tied to the vehicle was awarded a commendation for his counter-insurgency work in the region.
  • (2) With commendable alacrity, meanwhile, the developers at art-game co-operative KOOPmode have already released a downloadable satire on how Facebook might work in 3D , graced with the irresistible tagline: "Scroll Facebook … with your face".
  • (3) This lustrous amber oil looks lovely and is commended for its "subtle", more neutral flavour.
  • (4) Furthermore, rodents frequently develop immunity to, and become carriers of, these organisms, and there is little to commend their use, except in lightly populated areas where control is infrequently applied.
  • (5) In the circumstances, they showed commendable resolve not to allow all the changes and disruption to break their supremacy.
  • (6) Channel 4 News is to be commended for pioneering this move, particularly as a mere 0.4% of British journalists are Muslim , according to study by City University.
  • (7) The illustrated format was commended by students for its clinical relevance but certain problems with the reproduction of radiographs and the selection of data have been revealed.
  • (8) Patients, family members, and a physician wrote letters of commendation regardless of the LOS, payer source, total charges, time spent with the patient, and personnel who provided the care.
  • (9) The satisfactory results commend the procedure, which has yet to gain global acceptance.
  • (10) Whatever the answer, this is a brave move and I commend her.
  • (11) The president then commended Jackson as “proof of what a young person can accomplish free of drink or drug abuse”.
  • (12) The problems of monitoring children whilst they receive radiotherapy under general anaesthesia are discussed, the merits of different methods are reviewed and the use of the capnograph is commended.
  • (13) "We are managing an unprecedented situation and all the staff involved should be commended for their dedication and hard work during this difficult time," said a Prison Service spokesperson.
  • (14) Bryant told the committee that he commended the current Yard inquiry under Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers.
  • (15) Glasgow city council and the emergency services are also to be commended, firstly for their rigorous scrutiny of the proposal and secondly for having the courage to grant the first approval.
  • (16) President Obama, while commendably showing her mercy, also oversaw a justice department that prosecuted more whistleblowers than all other administrations combined, while casting an unmistakable chill over investigative reporting and press freedom.
  • (17) It said the bishop was "commended" to it by the then archbishop of Rwanda, Emmanuel Kolini.
  • (18) "We commend our soldiers for exhibiting resolve even while under heavy fire."
  • (19) Two criteria (willingness and medical benefit) are commended in the context of initiating treatment, while three distinctions (willing v unwilling, passive v active, and terminal v nonterminal) are found to be particularly helpful when deciding if treatment should be terminated.
  • (20) Work in Europe and the US over the past two years has commended aspirin as an anti-blood clotting agent for heart and stroke sufferers.

Greeting


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Greet
  • (n.) Expression of kindness or joy; salutation at meeting; a compliment from one absent.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Some parents are blessed with a soul that lights up every time their little precious brings them a carefully crafted portrait or home-made greetings card.
  • (2) Governor General Quentin Bryce, the monarch's representative in Australia and the first woman to fill the role, had greeted the Queen by curtsying.
  • (3) Here's Rob Booth talking to me from there: Updated at 6.31pm BST 6.14pm BST Disappointment at the Ecuadorian embassy Outside the Ecuador embassy in Knightsbridge a handful of Assange supporters greeted the decision with disappointment.
  • (4) He was greeted in Kyoto by Abe, with the men dispensing with the formal handshake that starts most head of governments' greetings in favour of a full body hug.
  • (5) When the plane bringing his friend in touched down, they were greeted with a recorded welcome from the Queen telling them that they had now arrived in a safe country.
  • (6) This was greeted by a furious wall of sound from Labour, which only grew when he added: "The last government failed to prioritise compassionate care … they tried to shut down the whistleblowers …" It was pure party-political point-scoring, matched in spades by Labour's Andy Burnham.
  • (7) China greeted the announcement of Liu Xiaobo’s win with fury: a foreign ministry spokeswoman, Jiang Yu, attacked the event as a “political farce”.
  • (8) The sugar tax was greeted with hostility by the industry and Wright argues that the levy, introduced by the chancellor in the budget , will be undermined by flawed analysis of its impact.
  • (9) As a non-executive director of the football club, it is understood he was largely "meeting and greeting" opposing clubs' directors on matchdays, but he was consulted on financial issues, the appointment of managers and major signings.
  • (10) The same-sex marriage bill became law, greeted with delight by the gay community and suspicious resentment by many Tories.
  • (11) The ghastliness of this American shock jock, who, though still obscure to most Britons, is said to be the third most popular radio host in the States, perhaps explains why news of his continued exclusion from the UK was greeted last week with utter indifference.
  • (12) Someone you haven't seen for a while greets you with a surprised cry of "You look well!".
  • (13) In any village in South Kivu, his arrival is much like the arrival of the pope – throngs of people greet him, thousands of women whose lives he has saved or healed or touched celebrate him.
  • (14) Popular magazines, greeting cards, and cartoons weave themes about time into the fabric of other messages.
  • (15) After that the new pope will be brought out to greet the crowd.
  • (16) Louis Pasteur's vaccine against rabies, introduced 100 years ago, was greeted by the American medical community with a mixture of praise and skepticism.
  • (17) They were the same two men who greeted Abu Ali as he crawled through a hole in the border fence to freedom on the night of 25 May 2015, just over four months after he had entered Isis territory.
  • (18) Yet he never revealed the open resentment with which some of the Kennedy loyalists greeted Johnson.
  • (19) Shortly afterwards normal service was very briefly resumed when, with Cardiff overcommitted to attack, a customary roar greeted Newcastle's third goal, a header from the popular, Geordie-reared substitute Steven Taylor.
  • (20) Once through the door, Romney will be greeted warmly by Cameron.