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Demonym vs Honorific - What's the difference?

demonym | honorific |

As nouns the difference between demonym and honorific

is that demonym is a name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place that is derived from the name of the place while honorific is a title (ie, mister, misses, doctor, professor ).

As an adjective honorific is

showing or conferring honour and respect.

demonym

English

(wikipedia demonym)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place that is derived from the name of the place.
    • Why is it that people from the United States use American as ''their'' demonym ?
  • (obsolete) A pseudonym formed of an adjective.
    • The Logophile has my favourite demonym , I would write under it if he didn't.

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    See also

    *

    honorific

    English

    (wikipedia honorific)

    Alternative forms

    * honorifick (qualifier) * honourific

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A title. (i.e., Mister, Misses, Doctor, Professor )
  • A term of respect; respectful language.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Showing or conferring honour and respect.
  • * 1996 , T. P. Wiseman, “The Minucii and Their Monument”, in Jerzy Linderski (editor), Imperium Sine Fine: T. Robert S. Broughton and the Roman Republic , Franz Steiner Verlag, ISBN 978-3-515-06948-9, page 59:
    • According to Pliny, the custom of setting up honorific statues on columns was a comparably ancient one.
  • Based on or valuing honor
  • * 2010 , Orlando Patterson, “The mechanisms of cultural reproduction: explaining the puzzle of persistence”, in John R. Hall et al. (editors), Handbook of Cultural Sociology , Taylor & Francis, ISBN 978-0-415-47445-0, page 143:
    • In the honorific cultural process, individuals (especially men) are extremely sensitive to real or perceived insults, and

    Derived terms

    * honorifically