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Renown vs Preeminence - What's the difference?

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Renown is a related term of preeminence.


As nouns the difference between renown and preeminence

is that renown is fame; celebrity; wide recognition while preeminence is preeminence.

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

    preeminence

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pre-eminence * preëminence

    Noun

  • The status of being preeminent, dominant or ascendant.
  • High importance; superiority.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Philip E. Mirowski , title=Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits , volume=100, issue=1, page=87 , magazine= citation , passage=In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.}}