Honorific vs Prefix - What's the difference?
honorific | prefix |
A title. (i.e., Mister, Misses, Doctor, Professor )
A term of respect; respectful language.
Showing or conferring honour and respect.
* 1996 , T. P. Wiseman, “The Minucii and Their Monument”, in Jerzy Linderski (editor), Imperium Sine Fine: T. Robert S. Broughton and the Roman Republic , Franz Steiner Verlag, ISBN 978-3-515-06948-9,
Based on or valuing honor
* 2010 , Orlando Patterson, “The mechanisms of cultural reproduction: explaining the puzzle of persistence”, in John R. Hall et al. (editors), Handbook of Cultural Sociology , Taylor & Francis, ISBN 978-0-415-47445-0,
That which is prefixed; especially one or more letters or syllables added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning; as, pre-'' in prefix, ''con- in conjure.
(label) To determine beforehand; to set in advance.
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*:he took the Quene Gueneuer and sayd playnly that he wolde wedde hyr / whyche was his vnkyls wyf and his faders wyf / And soo he made redy for the feest / And a day prefyxt that they shold be wedded / wherfore quene Gweneuer was passyng huey / But she durst not dyscouer hyr herte
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*:But the danger was, that a man can hardly prefix any certaine limits unto his desire.
(label) To put or fix before, or at the beginning of something; to place at the start.
As nouns the difference between honorific and prefix
is that honorific is a title. (i.e., Mister, Misses, Doctor, Professor while prefix is that which is prefixed; especially one or more letters or syllables added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning; as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure.As an adjective honorific
is showing or conferring honour and respect.As a verb prefix is
to determine beforehand; to set in advance.honorific
English
(wikipedia honorific)Alternative forms
* honorifick (qualifier) * honourificNoun
(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)page 59:
- According to Pliny, the custom of setting up honorific statues on columns was a comparably ancient one.
page 143:
- In the honorific cultural process, individuals (especially men) are extremely sensitive to real or perceived insults, and
