Awarded vs Bestowed - What's the difference?

awarded | bestowed |

As verbs the difference between awarded and bestowed

is that awarded is past tense of award while bestowed is past tense of bestow.

awarded

English

Verb

(head)

(award)

award

English

(wikipedia award)

Noun

(en noun)

(legal) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.

(legal) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.

A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A based on merit.

(obsolete) Care, keeping.

*, Bk.VIII, Ch.ix:

*:Than the kynge for grete favour made Tramtryste to be put in his doughtyrs awarde and kepying, because she was a noble surgeon.

A negotiated minimum wage that is set for a particular trade or industry; an .

*1970 , Kenneth Frederick Walker, Australian Industrial Relations Systems , p.242,

*:The AMIEU^{[(Australian Meat Industry Employees Union)]} first developed into a powerful organisation in the early years of the twentieth century, and after the first industry-wide collective agreement was made in 1911, collective bargaining prevailed in the industry until 1917, when the employers sought an award' from the Queensland Industrial Court. The first ' award was issued on March 12, 1918.

*2000 , Mark Wooden, The Transformation of Australian Industrial Relations , p.42,

*:A further 17 per cent responded that the agreement replaced ‘most’ aspects of the award', leaving the large majority (67 per cent) claiming that the agreeement replaced only ‘some’ aspects of the ' award .

*2007 , (Australian Bureau of Statistics), 2007 Year book, Australia , p.182,

*:Employees whose pay is set by ‘award' only’ are those who have their pay set by an '''award''', and who are not paid more than the ' award rate of pay.

Verb

(en verb)

(legal) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant.

* Dryden

To review / The wrongful sentence, and award a new.

To determine; to make or grant an award.

to give an (prize) for merit

He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Synonyms

* (make or grant an award) crown

Derived terms

* awardee * awarder

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bestowed

English

Verb

(head)

(bestow)

bestow

English

Verb

(en verb)

To lay up in store; deposit for safe keeping; stow; place.

* 1611 , King James Bible, Luke 12:17:

And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits.

* 1977 , ", HarperCollins, page 358:

Of the Three Rings that the Elves had preserved unsullied no open word was ever spoken among the Wise, and few even of the Eldar knew where they were bestowed .

To lodge, or find quarters for; provide with accommodation.

* 1838 , Ben Jonson, The works of Ben Jonson :

Well, my masters, I'll leave him with you; now I see him bestowed , I'll go look for my goods, and Numps.

To dispose of.

* 1810 , Robert Dodsley, Sir Walter Scott, The Ancient British drama :

Here are blank warrants of all dispositions; give me but the name and nature of your malefactor, and I'll bestow him according to his merits.

To give; confer; impart gratuitously; present something to someone as a gift or honour.

Medals were bestowed on the winning team.

* 2008 , , Userfriendly.org , “ The Large Hadron Collider Game”

CERN bestows slush fund on the LHC. Take all pennies from the CERN space.

* 1831 , (Mary Shelley),

Soft tears again bedewed my cheeks, and I even raised my humid eyes with thankfulness towards the blessed sun which bestowed such joy upon me.

To give in marriage.

To apply; make use of; use; employ.

* 1887 , John Marston, Arthur Henry Bullen, The Works of John Marston :

[...] I determine to bestow Some time in learning languages abroad; [...]

(obsolete) To behave or deport.

Derived terms

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