Homage vs Esteem - What's the difference?
homage | esteem | Synonyms |
(historical) In feudalism, the formal oath of a vassal to honor his or her lord's rights.
* 1593 , William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona
A demonstration of respect, such as towards an individual after their retirement or death
* Alexander Pope
* 1792 , Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women
* 2006 ,
An artistic work imitating another in a flattering style. Recently, the pronunciation /o??m???/ has been introduced from French for this usage; see hommage, which preserves the French spelling.
* 2002 , Dawson's Creek (TV, episode 6.01)
(obsolete) To pay reverence to by external action.
(obsolete) To cause to pay homage.
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favourable regard
To set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence.
* Bible, Job xxxvi. 19
* Tennyson
To regard something as valuable; to prize.
To look upon something in a particular way.
* Bible, Deuteronomy xxxii. 15
* Bishop Gardiner
* Hawthorne
* 1843 , '', book 3, ch. V, ''The English
(obsolete) To judge; to estimate; to appraise
Homage is a synonym of esteem.
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between homage and esteem
is that homage is (obsolete) to cause to pay homage while esteem is (obsolete) to judge; to estimate; to appraise.As nouns the difference between homage and esteem
is that homage is (historical) in feudalism, the formal oath of a vassal to honor his or her lord's rights while esteem is favourable regard.As verbs the difference between homage and esteem
is that homage is (obsolete) to pay reverence to by external action while esteem is to set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence.homage
English
Noun
(en noun)- We'll do thee homage , and be rul'd by thee,
Love thee as our commander and our king.
- I sought no homage from the race that write.
- When a man squeezes the hand of a pretty woman, ... she will consider such an impertinent freedom in the light of an insult, if she have any true delicacy, instead of being flattered by this unmeaning homage to beauty.
New York Times
- It’s appropriate that we pay homage to them and the sacrifices they made.
- He likes to tell people that it's a Hitchcockian thriller, but that's kind of like saying Happy Gilmore is a homage to Woody Allen.
Usage notes
* Often used in the construction pay homage to . * Because of the different pronunciations, (term) is sometimes preceded by the article (a) and sometimes by (an).Synonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* homagerVerb
(homag)- (Cowley)
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* ohmageReferences
esteem
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Alternative forms
* (archaic) * esteeme (obsolete)Noun
(-)Derived terms
* self-esteemVerb
(en verb)- Will he esteem thy riches?
- You talk kindlier: we esteem you for it.
- Mary is an esteemed member of the community.
- Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
- Thou shouldst (gentle reader) esteem his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence.
- Famous men, whose scientific attainments were esteemed hardly less than supernatural.
- 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.
- The Earth, which I esteem unable to reflect the rays of the Sun.