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Honour vs Honouree - What's the difference?

honour | honouree |

As a proper noun honour

is , a less common spelling of honor.

As a noun honouree is

one who receives an honour or award.

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)

    • honouree

    English

    Alternative forms

    * honoree

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who receives an honour or award.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=May 5, author=, title=ACE, work=Toronto Star citation
    • , passage=He won Service Animal of the Year and was the only honouree to sit for the duration of his induction. }}