Noble vs Sterling - What's the difference?

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Noble is a related term of sterling.

As proper nouns the difference between noble and sterling

is that noble is while sterling is a scottish surname, variant of stirling.

noble

English

(wikipedia noble)

Noun

(en noun)

An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood.

This country house was occupied by nobles in the 16th century.

* 1499 , (John Skelton), The Bowge of Courte :

I lyked no thynge his playe, / For yf I had not quyckely fledde the touche, / He had plucte oute the nobles of my pouche.

* 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :

And who shall then stick closest to ye, and excite others? not he who takes up armes for cote and conduct, and his four nobles of Danegelt.

* 2011 , Thomas Penn, Winter King , Penguin 2012, p. 93:

There, before the high altar, as the choir's voices soared upwards to the blue, star-flecked ceiling, Henry knelt and made his offering of a ‘noble in gold’, 6s 8d.

Antonyms

* commoner * plebeian

Hyponyms

* See also

Derived terms

* half-noble * noble gas

Adjective

(en adjective)

Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character.

Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid.

*, chapter=5

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}

Of exalted rank; of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn.

Synonyms

* (having honorable qualities) great, honorable * (of exalted rank) superior

Antonyms

* (having honorable qualities) ignoble, mean, vile, despicable * (of exalted rank) inferior * (distinguished from the masses by birth) plebeian

Derived terms

(Terms derived from the adjective) * ennoble * nobility * noble-minded * noble gas * nobleman * noble metal * nobleness * noble rot * noblewoman * nobley

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Anagrams

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sterling

English

(wikipedia sterling)

Noun

The currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound.

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Former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness: for gold 0.91666 and for silver 0.925.

* S. M. Leake

Sterling was the known and approved standard in England, in all probability, from the beginning of King Henry the Second's reign.

Sterling silver, or articles made from this material.

A structure of pilings that protects the piers of a bridge; a starling.

Adjective

(-)

of, or relating to British currency, or the former British coinage.

of, relating to, or made from sterling silver.

Of acknowledged worth or influence; high quality; authoritative.

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, year=2014 , date=December 13 , author=Mandeep Sanghera , title=Burnley 1-0 Southampton , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Southampton had been hoping to get back to winning ways to prove to their critics there was substance to their sterling start to the season.}}

Genuine; true; pure; of great value or excellence.