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Kindness vs Excellence - What's the difference?

kindness | excellence |

As a noun kindness

is the state of being kind.

As a proper noun excellence is

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

kindness

English

Noun

  • The state of being kind.
  • An instance of kind or charitable behaviour.
  • 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 ----