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Honourable vs Admirable - What's the difference?

honourable | admirable |

As adjectives the difference between honourable and admirable

is that honourable is (british spelling) while admirable is deserving of the highest esteem or admiration.

honourable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (British spelling)
  • * 1846 , George Luxford, Edward Newman, The Phytologist: a popular botanical miscellany: Volume 2, Part 2 , page 474
    • It was aptly said by Newton that "whatever is not deduced from facts must be regarded as hypothesis," but hypothesis appears to us a title too honourable for the crude guessings to which we allude.

    Derived terms

    * honourably

    admirable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration.
    • It's admirable that Shelley overcame her handicap and excelled in her work.