Admire vs. Idolize

Admireverb

To be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at.

Admireverb

(transitive) To regard with wonder and delight.

Admireverb

(transitive) To look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence.

Admireverb

(transitive) To estimate or prize highly.

Admireverb

To be enthusiastic about (doing something); to want or like (to do something).

Admireverb

To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with surprise; to marvel at.

Admireverb

To regard with wonder and delight; to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love, or reverence; to estimate or prize highly; as, to admire a person of high moral worth, to admire a landscape.

Admireverb

To wonder; to marvel; to be affected with surprise; - sometimes with at.

Admireverb

feel admiration for

Admireverb

look at with admiration

Idolizeverb

To make an idol of, or to worship as an idol.

Idolizeverb

To adore excessively; to revere immoderately.

Idolizeverb

To make an idol of; to pay idolatrous worship to; as, to idolize the sacred bull in Egypt.

Idolizeverb

To love to excess; to love or reverence to adoration; as, to idolize gold, children, a hero.

Idolizeverb

To practice idolatry.

Idolizeverb

love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol;