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Esteem vs Companion - What's the difference?

esteem | companion |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between esteem and companion

is that esteem is (obsolete) to judge; to estimate; to appraise while companion is (obsolete) to qualify as a companion; to make equal.

As nouns the difference between esteem and companion

is that esteem is favourable regard while companion is a friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or keeps company.

As verbs the difference between esteem and companion

is that esteem is to set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence while companion is (obsolete) to be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.

esteem

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic) * esteeme (obsolete)

Noun

(-)
  • favourable regard

    • Derived terms

    * self-esteem

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence.
  • * Bible, Job xxxvi. 19
    • Will he esteem thy riches?
  • * Tennyson
    • You talk kindlier: we esteem you for it.
  • To regard something as valuable; to prize.
  • To look upon something in a particular way.
    • Mary is an esteemed member of the community.
  • * Bible, Deuteronomy xxxii. 15
    • Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
  • * Bishop Gardiner
    • Thou shouldst (gentle reader) esteem his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence.
  • * Hawthorne
    • Famous men, whose scientific attainments were esteemed hardly less than supernatural.
  • * 1843 , '', book 3, ch. V, ''The English
    • And greatly do I respect the solid character, — a blockhead, thou wilt say; yes, but a well- conditioned blockhead, and the best-conditioned, — who esteems all ‘Customs once solemnly acknowledged’ to be ultimate, divine, and the rule for a man to walk by, nothing doubting, not inquiring farther.
  • (obsolete) To judge; to estimate; to appraise
    • The Earth, which I esteem unable to reflect the rays of the Sun.

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    companion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or keeps company
    • His dog has been his trusted companion for the last five years.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Here are your sons again; and I must lose / Two of the sweetest companions in the world.
  • (dated) A person employed to accompany or travel with another.
  • (nautical) The framework on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship through which daylight entered the cabins below.
  • (nautical) The covering of a hatchway on an upper deck which leads to the companionway; the stairs themselves.
  • (topology) A knot in whose neighborhood another, specified knot meets every meridian disk.
  • (figuratively) A thing or phenomenon that is closely associated with another thing, phenomenon, or person.
  • (astronomy) A celestial object that is associated with another.
  • A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders.
    • a companion of the Bath
  • (obsolete, derogatory) A fellow; a rogue.
  • * 1599 , , III. i. 111:
    • and let us knog our / prains together to be revenge on this same scald, scurvy, / cogging companion ,

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    Derived terms

    * companionable, uncompanionable * companion hatch * companion ladder * companionship * companionway

    Related terms

    * accompany, accompanying * company

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.
    • (Ruskin)
  • (obsolete) To qualify as a companion; to make equal.
  • * (rfdate) (William Shakespeare)
    • Companion me with my mistress.