Difference between Felicitate and Congratulate

FELICITATE vs CONGRATULATE: ADJECTIVE

To offer congratulations to.
To make happy.
To express joy or pleasure to; to wish felicity to; to call or consider (one's self) happy; to congratulate.
To make very happy; to delight.

To rejoice; to feel satisfaction; to consider one's self happy or fortunate.
To express one's joy or good wishes to (someone) regarding that person's achievement or good fortune.

Made happy.
To congratulate; compliment upon a happy event: as to felicitate a friend on his good fortune.
Synonyms Congratulate, Felicitate. See congratulation.

To express or feel sympathetic gratification: followed by with or, formerly, to.
To welcome; hail with expressions of pleasure; salute.
To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure; compliment or felicitate upon an event deemed happy; wish joy to: with on or upon before the subject of congratulation: as, to congratulate a man on the birth of a son; to congratulate the nation on the restoration of peace.

Garlanding, Shet, Immortalise, Eulogise, Commemorate, Induct, Inaugurate, Celebrate, Condole, Salute, Compliment, Welcome, Commend, Congratulating, Congratulate

Complimented, Celebrate, Commends, Congratulation, Congrats, Commended, Applaud, Congratulations, Commend, Thank, Plume, Preen, Pride, Compliment, Felicitate

Apprise, Deputed, Feted, Garlanding, Shet, Eulogise, Commemorate, Inaugurate, Celebrate, Condole, Salute, Compliment, Welcome, Congratulating, Congratulate

Appreciate, Salute, Praised, Applauded, Celebrate, Congratulation, Congrats, Commended, Applaud, Congratulations, Thank, Plume, Pride, Compliment, Felicitate

This is an initiative to felicitate good samaritans who take accident victims to hospitals and save precious lives.
With joy in my heart, I wish to felicitate with you on your wedding anniversary today.
The Bhujels also announced that they would felicitate Mamata Banerjee for forming the board.
The students must submit supporting documents to felicitate the application process.
Vicit iste maiores suos felicitate saeculorum et, quod amplius evectus ets, nostris est temporibus applicandum.
Queen to felicitate with Nigeria on the occasion of her sixtieth independence anniversary.
Keeping receipts helps to felicitate returns of recall products including perishable foods.
Cola has joined hands with FICCI to felicitate four Indian Olympians.
It can felicitate a deeper and better understanding of global problems.
Indraprastha Vishwa Samvad Kendra, New Delhi to felicitate journalists.

Congratulate student for their hard work and perseverance.
Well, I congratulate you again, my young friend.
I further wish to congratulate all the hon.
However, I would like to congratulate the hon.
America, and congratulate you on your initial success.
On behalf of ISAS, I heartily congratulate Dr.
Your students want to congratulate you with birthday.
If it is fitting that I congratulate you on your achievements, this entails that there is reason for me to congratulate you.
Mr Tetamashimba: Madam Speaker, while I congratulate His Excellency the President and the MMD, I want to congratulate some hon.
Congratulate the Newlyweds Congratulate the wedding couple on this exciting first chapter in their lives together.