acknowledgment vs farewell

farewell vs acknowledgment

acknowledgment and farewell both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
acknowledgment	Yes	No	No	No
farewell	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, farewell is a hyponym of acknowledgment; that is, farewell is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than acknowledgment:

acknowledgment: a statement acknowledging something or someone
farewell: an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting

Other hyponyms of acknowledgment include credits, receipt, word of farewell, greeting, salutation, aloha, ciao, handclasp, handshake, handshaking, shake, apology, mea culpa, commiseration, condolence, declination, regrets, admission, thanks, best wishes.

acknowledgment (noun)	farewell (noun)
a statement acknowledging something or someone	the act of departing politely
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage	an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

Difference between acknowledgment and farewell

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