What's the difference between ovation and welcome?

Ovation


Definition:

  • (n.) A lesser kind of triumph allowed to a commander for an easy, bloodless victory, or a victory over slaves.
  • (n.) Hence: An expression of popular homage; the tribute of the multitude to a public favorite.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He was given a standing ovation as he arrived on stage for the launch event at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, San Francisco.
  • (2) The duo were given a standing ovation as they took to the stage helped by Evans and guest presenter Robbie Savage.
  • (3) The audience, energised by an early heckler who was swiftly ejected from the hall at Jerusalem's International Convention Centre, received Obama's message with cheers, applause, whistles and several standing ovations.
  • (4) But Forster spares them that need by charging off hie line to claim it himself, bringing an ovation from the relieved crowd!
  • (5) After a standing ovation from the 1,000 strong audience, Christie responded: "I hear exactly what you are saying and I feel the passion with which you say it.... And so my answer to you is just this: I thank you for what you're saying, and I take it in and I'm listening to every word of it and feeling it too."
  • (6) He may have received a standing ovation at Monday’s Hollywood premiere, but his genius contribution was to have no input.
  • (7) It was very dramatic, and the audience all rose to their feet, so there was a standing ovation right at the beginning.
  • (8) Atlético’s supporters had broken into spontaneous applause for their team as soon as Bale put Carlo Ancelotti’s side ahead, and the ovation did not stop even when the game ran away from them and the score started to feel like a deception.
  • (9) Bachmann was there to kick off Tea Party's Annual Blogger Awards: After being introduced as a “true Tea Partier to the core” and “one of the number one targets” of the liberal news media, Rep. Michele Bachmann has arrived at the conference to a packed room and a standing ovation to introduce the Tea Party’s annual blogger awards.
  • (10) His seventh goal in his last seven games for Wales, after a calamitous mistake from Radja Nainggolan, was the difference on a evening that ended with the Real Madrid forward leaving the field to a standing ovation two minutes from time.
  • (11) Today, tonight, I’m going to announce my retirement from professional soccer.” For a moment the crowd protested, a collective “Nooooo!” interspersed with sporadic shouts of “one more year!” But quickly they pulled together to give their outgoing captain the ovation that he deserved.
  • (12) It seemed nearly impossible for Texas senator Ted Cruz to speak at the event without being interrupted by a standing ovation.
  • (13) Gerrard had had a hand in all four goals – it was his pass that picked out Henderson for the third – and unsurprisingly received an ovation when he made way for Joe Allen.
  • (14) The German finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, won a standing ovation at the Christian Democrat's party conference in Leipzig with calls to block all moves by the European Central Bank to buy more than token numbers of Italian bonds.
  • (15) When Mourinho withdrew Drogba in injury- time, allowing him to enjoy a personal ovation from all corners of the ground, the cautionary finger raised to the manager's lips as he greeted his player seemed to suggest that Drogba had done his talking where it counted.
  • (16) Today, these dancers generate standing ovations and five-star reviews.
  • (17) The outgoing deputy prime minister, who was given a standing ovation as he entered the room, said: “I always expected this election to be exceptionally difficult for the Liberal Democrats, given the heavy responsibilities we’ve had to bear in government in the most challenging of circumstances.
  • (18) Guests are always shown deference – Dingell was, for example, given a standing ovation before he had even spoken, and another once he had finished.
  • (19) Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt were always on the technocratic wing of New Labour, politicians who never roused a conference audience to its feet in spontaneous ovation.
  • (20) But on Saturday, Corbyn and Diane Abbott , the shadow home secretary, appeared on stage to cheers and a standing ovation from some 1,600 attendees at the Stand Up to Racism (SUTR) rally at Friends Meeting House in central London.

Welcome


Definition:

  • (n.) Received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company; as, a welcome visitor.
  • (n.) Producing gladness; grateful; as, a welcome present; welcome news.
  • (n.) Free to have or enjoy gratuitously; as, you are welcome to the use of my library.
  • (n.) Salutation to a newcomer.
  • (n.) Kind reception of a guest or newcomer; as, we entered the house and found a ready welcome.
  • (v. t.) To salute with kindness, as a newcomer; to receive and entertain hospitably and cheerfully; as, to welcome a visitor; to welcome a new idea.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The recent rise in manufacturing has been welcomed by George Osborne as a sign that his economic policies are bearing fruit.
  • (2) Ciarán Devane, Macmillan's chief executive, welcomed the rethink.
  • (3) At the ceremony, the Taliban welcomed dialogue with Washington but said their fighters would not stop fighting.
  • (4) If black people could only sort out these self-inflicted problems themselves, everything would be OK. After all, doesn't every business say it welcomes job applicants from all backgrounds?
  • (5) Fringe 2009 also welcomes back Aussie standup Jim Jeffries , whose jokes include: "Women to me are like public toilets.
  • (6) "For a better world, not only for the Iranian people but for the next generation across the globe, I earnestly hope that President Rouhani will receive a warm welcome and meaningful responses during his visit to the UN."
  • (7) He was really an English public schoolboy, but I welcome the idea of people who are in some ways not Scottish, yet are committed to Scotland.
  • (8) He strongly welcomes the rise of the NGO movement, which combines with media coverage to produce the beginning of some "countervailing power" to the larger corporations and the traditional policies of first world governments.
  • (9) Stations such as al-Jazeera English have been welcomed as a counterbalance to Western media parochialism.
  • (10) The announcement on feed-in tariffs will be welcomed by Labour backbenchers, who staged the biggest revolt of Gordon Brown's leadership over the issue.
  • (11) Her success has not been universally welcomed - anonymous colleagues are occasionally quoted in the media portraying her as "ambitious" and "bossy".
  • (12) Welcomed with open arms a month ago, Syrians are now attacked on popular television talkshows where they are described as Morsi sympathisers.
  • (13) This is welcome news but it needs to be borne in mind that the manufacturing sector is still far from racing ahead and serious doubts remain about the strength of demand for manufactured goods over the medium term, particularly once stimulative measures start being withdrawn.
  • (14) Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, welcomed Target’s shift in policy.
  • (15) Chambers' solicitor, David Allen Green, director of media at Preiskel and Co, welcomed the guidelines as "a step forward".
  • (16) She also welcomed the wider context of Mohammed's release: "I do believe that this time there will be peace," she said, referring to the talks due to open on Wednesday.
  • (17) Howard Archer of consultancy IHS Global Insight said: "Given the dominant role of the services sector in the economy, the steady growth in May reported by the purchasing managers is welcome news and supports hopes that it can avoid further contraction in the second quarter."
  • (18) Zuma, who had endured booing during Mandela's memorial service at this stadium, received a rapturous welcome as he entered to the sound of a military drumroll trailed by young, flag-waving majorettes.
  • (19) The Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras welcomed the IMF’s intervention saying in a TV interview that what the IMF said was never put to him during negotiations.
  • (20) One of them, created by Thomas Kearney, has “WELCOME TO SCAMDINAVIA” written on it in black and white letters.