Estimable vs Respected - What's the difference?
estimable | respected |
Worthy of esteem; admirable.
* 1868 , , Little Women , ch. 22,
(archaic) Valuable.
* 1596 , , The Merchant of Venice , act 1, scene 3:
Capable of being estimated.
* 1928 , Louis Kahlenberg and Norbert Barwasser, "On the time of Absorption and Excretion of Boric Acid in Man," Journal of Biological Chemistry , volume 79, iss. 2, page 406:
Describing one considered to be deserving of respect, who is due special honor or appreciation.
(respect)
As adjectives the difference between estimable and respected
is that estimable is worthy of esteem; admirable while respected is describing one considered to be deserving of respect, who is due special honor or appreciation.As a verb respected is
(respect).estimable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Mr. March told . . . how devoted Brooke had been, and how he was altogether a most estimable and upright young man.
- A pound of man's flesh taken from a man
- Is not so estimable , profitable neither,
- As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats.
- After this time boric acid is always present in estimable amounts.
References
* * * * "estimable" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002) * "
estimable" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) * * Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989) ----
respected
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He was a well respected jurist and his death will be a loss to the profession.