Difference in meaning of "congratulation" and "congratulations"

"congratulation" is congratulating, that is having some joy, some pleasure, perhaps by yourself and even secretly, for instance because you have ... EnglishLanguage&UsageStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforlinguists,etymologists,andseriousEnglishlanguageenthusiasts.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Startcollaboratingandsharingorganizationalknowledge. CreateafreeTeam WhyTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore Differenceinmeaningof"congratulation"and"congratulations"[duplicate] AskQuestion Asked 11years,2monthsago Modified 8years,8monthsago Viewed 127ktimes 1 Thisquestionalreadyhasanswershere: "Congratulation"vs."congratulations" (2answers) Closed8yearsago. Whatisthedifferencebetweencongratulationandcongratulations? differencesgrammatical-numbernouns Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedApr16,2011at8:52 RegDwigнt♦ 95.6k3737goldbadges304304silverbadges397397bronzebadges askedApr16,2011at4:12 user7474user7474 0 Addacomment  |  3Answers 3 Sortedby: Resettodefault Highestscore(default) Datemodified(newestfirst) Datecreated(oldestfirst) 1 FromNOAD: congratulation|kənˌgrachəˈlāshən;-ˌgrajə-| noun anexpressionofpraiseforanachievementorgoodwishesonaspecialoccasion;theactofcongratulating:hebeganpumpingthehandofhissonin congratulation. •(congratulations)wordsexpressingcongratulation:ourcongratulationstothewinners|[asexclam.]congratulationsonajobwelldone! Youmakethecall. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredApr16,2011at4:21 RobustoRobusto 146k3838goldbadges349349silverbadges581581bronzebadges Addacomment  |  1 Itisdifficulttoarticulatethedifferencebetweenthem. Whenyouarespeakingabouttheactofpraise,asingleactofpraiseisacongratulation,multipleis-s.Youcanalmostalwaysusethepluralformandsoundperfectlynormal. Whenyouwishtopraisesomeone: Icongratulateyou.(muchmoreformal,caneasilysounddistantorimpersonal) Youhavemycongratulations.Shortened:Congratulations!orCongratulationsonyourwedding!(alwayspluralinshortenedformsseeminglyexpressingmultiplepraises,explanationforwhatthecongratulationisforonlynecessarywhenitisn'tclear) Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredApr16,2011at9:22 colechristensencolechristensen 46622silverbadges44bronzebadges Addacomment  |  0 Thedifferenceisverysubtle: "congratulation"iscongratulating,thatishavingsomejoy,somepleasure,perhapsbyyourselfandevensecretly,forinstancebecauseyouhavewonatthelottery; congratulations"aretheexpressionofthat,forinstancetoanewlymarriedcouple. ThewordcomesfromLatincongratulatio,withexactlythesamemeaning. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredOct14,2013at9:26 ex-user2728ex-user2728 1,8841212silverbadges88bronzebadges 1 OEDsaysyourfirstsense,"Gratefulandgladacknowledgementonone'sownbehalf,rejoicing"isobsolete.Isupposeself-congratulationmightnotbe,butthat'srelatedtoyoursecondsense. – AndrewLeach ♦ Oct14,2013at9:34 Addacomment  |  Highlyactivequestion.Earn10reputation(notcountingtheassociationbonus)inordertoanswerthisquestion.Thereputationrequirementhelpsprotectthisquestionfromspamandnon-answeractivity. 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