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Meritorious vs Distinguished - What's the difference?

meritorious | distinguished |

As adjectives the difference between meritorious and distinguished

is that meritorious is deserving of merit or commendation; deserving reward while distinguished is celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious.

As a verb distinguished is

past tense of distinguish.

meritorious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • deserving of merit or commendation; deserving reward
    • The policeman received the Award of Meritorious Service from his grateful department.

    Synonyms

    * (l) * (l)

    Antonyms

    * immeritorious

    Derived terms

    * meritoriously * meritoriousness

    References

    distinguished

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
    • The lecture was attended by many distinguished mathematicians.
  • Having a dignified appearance or demeanor
    • Her father was a distinguished gentleman, albeit a poor one.
  • (mathematics) Specified, noted.
    • Let ''X'' be a topological space with a distinguished point ''p''.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (distinguish)