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Excellency vs Excellence - What's the difference?

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Excellence is a synonym of excellency.



As nouns the difference between excellency and excellence

is that excellency is a form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries while excellence is the quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.

As a proper noun Excellence is

a title of honor or respect; more common in the form Excellency.

excellency

English

Noun

(Excellencies)
  • A form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries.

    • Synonyms

    * Excellence

    Derived terms

    * His Excellency * Her Excellency * Your Excellency

    excellence

    English

    (wikipedia excellence)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.
  • Something in which one excels.
  • An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue.

    • Synonyms

    * superiority * pre-eminence * perfection * worth * goodness * purity * greatness

    See also

    * par excellence ----