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Prestige vs Honour - What's the difference?

prestige | honour | Related terms |

Prestige is a related term of honour.


As a noun prestige

is .

As a proper noun honour is

, a less common spelling of honor.

prestige

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(-)
  • (obsolete) Delusion; illusion; trick.
  • * :
    • The sophisms of infidelity, and the prestiges of imposture.
  • The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.
    • Oxford has a university of very high prestige .

    Derived terms

    * covert prestige * overt prestige * prestigious

    External links

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    honour

    English

    Noun

  • * 1902 , Richard Francis Weymouth, Translation of the New Testament of the Bible , Book 60, 1 Peter 2:4:
    • Come to Him, the ever-living Stone, rejected indeed by men as worthless, but in God's esteem chosen and held in honour .
  • * (rfdate), Shakespeare:
    • If she have forgot / Honour and virtue.
  • * (rfdate), Milton:
    • Godlike erect, with native honour clad.

    Verb

    (en verb)