Honor vs Meed - What's the difference?
honor | meed |
(uncountable) Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright and/or competent).
* The King James Bible, Matthew 13.57:
(uncountable) The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity.
(countable) A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen.
* (rfdate), Dryden:
A privilege.
(in the plural) The privilege of going first.
# (golf) The right to play one's ball before one's opponent.
A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament.
(feudal law) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended.
(heraldry, countable) The center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon.
(countable, card games) In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit. In some other games, an ace, king, queen or jack.
(in the plural) (Courses for) an honours degree: a university qualification of the highest rank.
To think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or spiritual value of.
To conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, treaty, promise, request, or the like).
To confer (bestow) an honour or privilege upon (someone).
To make payment in respect of (a cheque, banker's draft etc).
A payment or recompense made for services rendered or in recognition of some achievement; reward, deserts; award.
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , IV.i:
*
A gift; bribe.
(obsolete) Merit or desert; worth.
* (and other bibliographic details) (Shakespeare)
As nouns the difference between honor and meed
is that honor is while meed is a payment or recompense made for services rendered or in recognition of some achievement; reward, deserts; award.As a verb meed is
to reward; bribe.honor
English
(wikipedia honor)Alternative forms
* honourNoun
- The crowds gave the returning general much honor and praise.
- A prophet is not without honour , save in his own country.
- He was a most perfect knight, for he had great honor and chivalry.
- His honor was unstained.
- Honors are normally awarded twice a year: on The Queen's Birthday in June and at the New Year.
- He wore an honor on his breast.
- military honors'''; civil '''honors
- Audie Murphy received many honors , such as the Distinguished Service Cross.
- their funeral honors
- I had the honour of dining with the ambassador.
- I'll let you have the honours , Bob—go ahead.
- He is an honour to his nation.
- (Cowell)
- At university I took honours in modern history.
Synonyms
* chivalry * glory * gentlemanlinessDerived terms
* debt of honour, debt of honor * dishonour, dishonor * dishonourable, dishonorable * honourable, honorable * honourary, honorary * honour code, honor code * honourific, honorific * honour guard, honor guard * honour system, honor system * honours degree, honors degree * Hons * in honour of, in honor ofVerb
(en verb)- The freedom fighters will be forever remembered and honored by the people.
- I trusted you, but you have not honored your promise.
- refuse to honor the test ban treaty
- Ten members of the profession were honored at the ceremony.
- The prince honored me with an invitation to his birthday banquet.
- I'm sorry Sir, but the bank did not honour your cheque.
Synonyms
* (l) (verb)Antonyms
* despise * contemptDerived terms
* dishonor, dishonourmeed
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) meede, mede, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- For well she wist, as true it was indeed, / That her liues Lord and patrone of her health / Right well deserued as his duefull meed , / Her loue, her seruice, and her vtmost wealth.
- My meed hath got me fame.
