Applause
The noun forms of the verb to applaud are applauder (one who applauds), applause, and the gerund, applauding.
applauding
The word 'applaud' is not a noun, it's a verb: applaud, applauds, applauding, applauded.The noun form of the verb, 'applauding' (a gerund) and the noun 'applause' are a concrete nouns, words for physical action, that can be felt and heard.
Applaud is a verb. Applause is a noun.The audience applauded loudly at the end of the concert.The applause of the audience was deafening.
The verb related to the noun applause is applaud.
(noun) "His scientific inventions received much acclaim from scientists around the world." (verb, rarely, normally psssive) "The critics at the time did not acclaim the movie as an iconic masterpiece."
There is no abstract noun form for the verb to applaud. The noun forms of the verb to applaud are applause and the gerund, applauding; both concrete nouns as words physical actiond that can be felt and heard. Some synonyms for 'applause' that are abstract nouns are praise and appreciation.
The word 'applause' is a noun, a word for approval shown by clapping hands; a word for any positive expression of appreciation or approval; a word for a thing.The related verb is to applaud (applauds, applauding, applauded).Examples:The applause shattered the silence. (noun)We applaud the efforts of everyone. (verb)
The word 'applaud' came into modern English from Middle English, applauden, (to clap the hands), which came, via French, from the Latin applaudere, formed from the Latin prefix ad- (to express motion) + the Latin word plaudere (to clap); so we also have 'applause' from the same source.
I applaud your efforts!
After the show they applaud.
Applaud is a verb.