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Honour vs Gratification - What's the difference?

honour | gratification |

As nouns the difference between honour and gratification

is that honour is standard spelling of honor|from=British|from2=AU|from3=NZ|from4=Canada|from5=Ireland|from6=South Africa while gratification is the act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart.

As a verb honour

is standard spelling of honor|from=British|from2=AU|from3=NZ|from4=Canada|from5=Ireland|from6=South Africa.

As a proper noun Honour

is {{given name|female|from=English}}, a less common spelling of Honor.

honour

English

Noun

  • * 1902 , Richard Francis Weymouth, Translation of the New Testament of the Bible , Book 60, 1 Peter 2:4:
  • Come to Him, the ever-living Stone, rejected indeed by men as worthless, but in God's esteem chosen and held in honour .
  • * (rfdate), Shakespeare:
  • If she have forgot / Honour and virtue.
  • * (rfdate), Milton:
  • Godlike erect, with native honour clad.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • gratification

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart.
  • That which affords pleasure; satisfaction; enjoyment; fruition: delight.
  • A reward; a recompense; a gratuity.
  • Synonyms

    * gladness, queemliness

    Derived terms

    * oral gratification * self-gratification