Recompense vs Reward - What's the difference?
recompense | reward |
An equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital.
That which compensates for an injury.
To reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc.
* 1596 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , IV.ii:
* Shakespeare
To give compensation for an injury.
To give (something) in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved.
* Bible, Rom. xii. 17
Something of value given in return for an act.
A prize promised for a certain deed or catch
The result of an action, whether good or bad.
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To give (something) as a reward.
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*:Thenne syr Marhaus departed and within two dayes his damoysel brought hym where as was a grete tornement that the lady de Vawse has cryed // And there syr Marhaus dyd so nobly that he was renomed / & had somtyme doune fourty knyghtes / and soo the serklet of gold was rewarded hym
*Bible, 1 Sam. xxiv. 17:
*:Thou hast rewarded' me good, whereas I have ' rewarded thee evil.
(label) To give a reward to or for.
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(label) To recompense.
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Reward is a synonym of recompense.
In transitive terms the difference between recompense and reward
is that recompense is to give (something) in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved while reward is to recompense.As nouns the difference between recompense and reward
is that recompense is an equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital while reward is something of value given in return for an act.As verbs the difference between recompense and reward
is that recompense is to reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc while reward is to give (something) as a reward.recompense
English
Noun
(en noun)- He offered money as recompense''' for the damage, but what the injured party wanted as '''recompense was an apology.
Synonyms
* * (l) * restitutionVerb
(recompens)- She in regard thereof him recompenst / With golden words, and goodly countenance, / And such fond fauours sparingly dispenst
- He cannot recompense me better.
- The judge ordered the defendant to recompense the plaintiff by paying $100.
- Recompense to no man evil for evil.
reward
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) reward, rewarde, from (etyl) variants of Old French, ultimately of (etyl) ((etyl)) origin. Compare ''regard'', ''warden'', ''guard . See more below. Displaced native (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- For catching the thief, you'll get a nice reward .
- ''The rewards for bringing in badly wanted criminals are printed on 'dead or alive' posters
- Is this the reward I get for telling the truth: to be put in jail?
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Synonyms
* (something of value given in return for an act) payment, recompense * (prize promised for a certain deed or catch) bounty * (result of an action) consequenceAntonyms
* punishmentEtymology 2
From (etyl) rewarden, from (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
(en verb)Bulgaria 0-3 England, passage=The Italian opted for Bolton's Cahill alongside captain John Terry - and his decision was rewarded with a goal after only 13 minutes. Bulgaria gave a hint of defensive frailties to come when they failed to clear Young's corner, and when Gareth Barry found Cahill in the box he applied the finish past Nikolay Mihaylov.}}