Medal vs Honour - What's the difference?
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A stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object.
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A stamped or cast metal object (usually a disc), particularly one awarded as a prize or reward.
(sports, very, colloquial) To win a medal.
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* 1902 , Richard Francis Weymouth, Translation of the New Testament of the Bible , Book 60, 1 Peter 2:4:
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Medal is a related term of honour.
As a noun medal
is a stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object.As a verb medal
is (sports|very|colloquial) to win a medal.As a proper noun honour is
, a less common spelling of honor.medal
English
Noun
(en noun)- Whether their images, shrines, relics, consecrated things, holy water, medals , benedictions, those divine amulets, holy exorcisms, and the sign of the cross, be available in this disease?
Derived terms
* gold medal: a medal designed for first-place winners * silver medal: a medal designed for second-place winners * bronze medal: a medal designed for third-place winners * tea and medalsVerb
- "He medalled twice at the Olympics"
Anagrams
* ----honour
English
Noun
- Come to Him, the ever-living Stone, rejected indeed by men as worthless, but in God's esteem chosen and held in honour .
- If she have forgot / Honour and virtue.
- Godlike erect, with native honour clad.