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Congratulate vs Honour - What's the difference?

congratulate | honour |

As a verb congratulate

is to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for.

As a proper noun honour is

, a less common spelling of honor.

congratulate

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (archaic)

Verb

(congratulat)
  • to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for

    • Derived terms

    * congratulable * congratulant * congratulating * congratulation * congratulations * congratulative * congratulator * congratulatory English reporting verbs ----

    honour

    English

    Noun

  • * 1902 , Richard Francis Weymouth, Translation of the New Testament of the Bible , Book 60, 1 Peter 2:4:
    • Come to Him, the ever-living Stone, rejected indeed by men as worthless, but in God's esteem chosen and held in honour .
  • * (rfdate), Shakespeare:
    • If she have forgot / Honour and virtue.
  • * (rfdate), Milton:
    • Godlike erect, with native honour clad.

    Verb

    (en verb)