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Awards vs Appreciation - What's the difference?

awards | appreciation |

As nouns the difference between awards and appreciation

is that awards is plural of lang=en while appreciation is a just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.

awards

English

Noun

(head)
  • appreciation

    English

    Noun

  • A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.
  • * 2014 , Ian Jack, " Is this the end of Britishness", The Guardian , 16 September 2014:
  • The English, until relatively recently, seem to have imagined “English” and “British” to be interchangeable, as if Britain was just a bigger England. Our dualism gave us a better appreciation of the nation-state we lived in, though if Britain was a “nation” as well as a “state”, where did that leave Scotland?
  • Accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors.
  • His foreboding showed his appreciation of Henry's character. —J. R. Green.
  • A rise in value;—opposed to depreciation.