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Renown vs Estimation - What's the difference?

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Renown is a related term of estimation.


As nouns the difference between renown and estimation

is that renown is fame; celebrity; wide recognition while estimation is the process of making an estimate.

renown

English

Noun

(-)
  • Fame; celebrity; wide recognition.
  • * Dryden
  • Nor envy we thy great renown , nor grudge thy victory.
  • * 1922 , (James Joyce), '' Episode 12, ''The Cyclops
  • There sleep the mighty dead as in life they slept, warriors and princes of high renown .
  • Reports of nobleness or exploits; praise.
  • * Shakespeare
  • This famous duke of Milan, / Of whom so often I have heard renown .

    See also

    * renowned

    estimation

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of making an estimate.
  • The amount, extent, position, size, or value reached in an estimate.
  • Esteem or favourable regard.
  • Derived terms

    * estimate