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Excellence vs Illustriousness - What's the difference?

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Excellence is a related term of illustriousness.


As a proper noun excellence

is a title of honor or respect; more common in the form excellency.

As a noun illustriousness is

the state of being illustrious.

excellence

English

(wikipedia excellence)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.
  • Something in which one excels.
  • An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue.

    • Synonyms

    * superiority * pre-eminence * perfection * worth * goodness * purity * greatness

    See also

    * par excellence ----

    illustriousness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • the state of being illustrious