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Homage is a synonym of regard.


In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between homage and regard

is that homage is (obsolete) to cause to pay homage while regard is (obsolete) to set store by (something), to hold (someone) in esteem; to consider to have value, to respect.

As nouns the difference between homage and regard

is that homage is (historical) in feudalism, the formal oath of a vassal to honor his or her lord's rights while regard is a steady look, a gaze.

As verbs the difference between homage and regard

is that homage is (obsolete) to pay reverence to by external action while regard is (obsolete) to set store by (something), to hold (someone) in esteem; to consider to have value, to respect.

homage

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (historical) In feudalism, the formal oath of a vassal to honor his or her lord's rights.
  • * 1593 , William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona
    • We'll do thee homage , and be rul'd by thee,
    Love thee as our commander and our king.
  • A demonstration of respect, such as towards an individual after their retirement or death
  • * Alexander Pope
    • I sought no homage from the race that write.
  • * 1792 , Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women
    • 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.
  • * 2006 , New York Times
    • It’s appropriate that we pay homage to them and the sacrifices they made.
  • 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)
    • 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

    * homager

    Verb

    (homag)
  • (obsolete) To pay reverence to by external action.
  • (obsolete) To cause to pay homage.
    • (Cowley)

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    regard

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (all obsolete)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) reguard, reguarde, from early (etyl) regard, from , from (etyl) reguarder. Attested in Middle English starting around the mid 14th century. Compare guard'', ''reward .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A steady look, a gaze.
  • * 1982 , (Lawrence Durrell), Constance'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 750:
    • He bathed in the memory of her blondness, of her warm blue regard , and the sentiment permeated his sensibility with tenderness made the more rich because its object was someone long since dead.
  • One's concern for another; esteem.
  • * 1842 , Treuttel and Würtz, The Foreign Quarterly Review , page 144:
    • This attempt will be made with every regard to the difficulty of the undertaking[...].
  • * 1903 , Kentucky Mines and Minerals Dept, Annual Report , page 186:
    • We are spending a lot of money trying to put this mine in shape; we are anxious to comply with the wishes of your office in every regard [...].
  • * 1989 , Leonard W. Poon, David C. Rubin, Barbara A. Wilson, Everyday Cognition in Adulthood and Late Life , Cambridge University Press, page 399:
    • These problems were not traditional problems with realistic stimuli, but rather were realistic in every regard .
    Derived terms
    * disregard * in regard * regardable

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) regarder, from (etyl) reguarder. First attested in late Middle English, circa the early 15th century.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To set store by (something), to hold (someone) in esteem; to consider to have value, to respect.
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Luke XVIII:
    • There was a Judge in a certaine cite, which feared not god nether regarded man.
  • To look at; to observe.
    • She regarded us warily.
  • To consider, look upon (something) in a given way etc.
    • I always regarded tabloid journalism as a social evil.
    He regards honesty as a duty.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Your niece regards me with an eye of favour.
  • * Macaulay
    • His associates seem to have regarded him with kindness.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 5 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.}}
  • (archaic) To take notice of, pay attention to.
  • * Shakespeare
    • If much you note him, / You offend him; feed, and regard him not.
  • To face toward.
  • * Sandys
    • It is a peninsula, which regardeth the main land.
  • * John Evelyn
    • that exceedingly beautiful seat of my Lord Pembroke, on the ascent of a hill, flanked with wood, and regarding the river
  • To have to do with, to concern.
    • That argument does not regard the question.
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    • Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * regarder * regardless * self-regarding

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