What's the difference between congratulatory and gratulatory?
Congratulatory
Definition:
(a.) Expressive of sympathetic joy; as, a congratulatory letter.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Nixon acolytes called themselves “ratfuckers” in a self-congratulatory reference to their proficiency at the darker arts of politics.
(2) Robben's mobile phone buzzed with congratulatory messages after the match.
(3) Fan Changlong, the defence minister, then read a congratulatory message from President Xi Jinping calling for China’s astronauts to explore space “more deeply and more broadly.” Premier Li Keqiang and propaganda chief Liu Yunshan visited the Beijing control centre to congratulate staff.
(4) Is that the real but hidden message of his self-congratulatory report?
(5) A self congratulatory delusional breed of non -conscientious objectors.
(6) Abbott’s replacement, Malcolm Turnbull , took a congratulatory phone call from Abe after the leadership change last week.
(7) Balotelli, a former City player, risked inflaming tensions with a congratulatory tweet.
(8) In a second tweet addressing criticism of the call, Trump wrote: Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) Interesting how the U.S. sells Taiwan billions of dollars of military equipment but I should not accept a congratulatory call.
(9) str_thry (@StrThry) @JeffBezos Only you could make a congratulatory tweet sound smug and assholish.Obviously youve spent too much time on the West coast @SpaceX December 22, 2015 Ted Everett (@ZedsTed) @JeffBezos @SpaceX Cheap shot.
(10) The alarmist reports, carried by the Xinhua news agency and the People's Daily website, were in stark contrast to the congratulatory tone of most previous domestic coverage of the project, which was planned for flood control along the Yangtze and for lessening China's dependence on power driven by coal.
(11) The two managers live on the same street, and after a Birmingham victory that helped Derby out earlier this season, Clement and some other Derby fans put some congratulatory balloons outside Rowett’s house.
(12) His deft chip over the onrushing Wayne Hennessey was worthy of the self-congratulatory salute that followed it at the corner flag.
(13) "At one of the benefits for the workers sacked by Gate Gourmet in 2005, she sent a congratulatory message and a cheque from herself as the strike leader of the Grunwick dispute," Pearson said.
(14) In a congratulatory statement, the Kremlin, which was widely seen as backing Le Pen, urged Macron to overcome mutual distrust and join forces to ensure international stability and security.
(15) For whose benefit are those early Sunday morning photos of piles of finished marking accompanied by a trite, self-congratulatory message?
(16) "Nor is this the time for self-congratulatory celebration.
(17) In a series of congratulatory phone calls after taking over as prime minister, May spoke to German chancellor, Angela Merkel, French president, Francois Hollande, and Irish taoiseach, Enda Kenny.
(18) In the cartoon, Ashtiani is depicted in a football stadium, dressed as a footballer, with a congratulatory letter in one hand and his foot resting on the ball.
(19) His wife, Giuliana, is the granddaughter and the cousin of former Udinese presidents and keeps such a close eye on football that, when Watford’s promotion to the Premier League was secured , she made the first congratulatory phone call, narrowly pipping Sir Elton John.
(20) It will be the British at their worst: sanctimonious, self-congratulatory, worshipping at the tomb of the unknown, awful German.
Gratulatory
Definition:
(a.) Expressing gratulation or joy; congratulatory.