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Renown vs Reard - What's the difference?

renown | reard |

As nouns the difference between renown and reard

is that renown is fame; celebrity; wide recognition while reard is (obsolete|or|dialectal) a voice; a sound.

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

    reard

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, or, dialectal) A voice; a sound.
  • (obsolete, or, dialectal) Fame, renown.