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Honourable vs Honored - What's the difference?

honourable | honored |

As adjectives the difference between honourable and honored

is that honourable is (british spelling) while honored is respected, having received honor.

As a verb honored is

(honor).

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

    honored

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic) * (archaic) * honoured (mainly British )

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Respected, having received honor.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (honor)