What's the difference between suppliant and supplicatory?

Suppliant


Definition:

  • (a.) Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating.
  • (a.) Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication.
  • (n.) One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats submissively.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) (Roars of approval from the Tory benches, suppliant sniggers from the sketchwriters.)
  • (2) Film producers will be calling on your mobile phone – but you will be wary, because you have always had to protect yourself from suppliants and admirers.

Supplicatory


Definition:

  • (a.) Containing supplication; humble; earnest.

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