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Reverence vs Esteem - What's the difference?

reverence | esteem |

Esteem is a synonym of reverence.



As nouns the difference between reverence and esteem

is that reverence is veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context while esteem is favourable regard.

As verbs the difference between reverence and esteem

is that reverence is to show reverence while esteem is to set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence.

reverence

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Noun

  • Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.
  • An act of showing respect, such as a bow.
  • * Goldsmith
    • Make twenty reverences upon receiving about twopence.
  • The state of being revered.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • When discords, and quarrels, and factions, are carried openly and audaciously, it is a sign the reverence of government is lost.
  • A form of address for some members of the clergy.
    • your reverence
  • That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I am forced to lay my reverence by.

    Derived terms

    * reverent (pos a) * revere (pos v) * reverently (pos adv)

    Verb

  • To show reverence.
    • ----

    esteem

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    Alternative forms

    * (archaic) * esteeme (obsolete)

    Noun

    (-)
  • favourable regard

    • Derived terms

    * self-esteem

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence.
  • * Bible, Job xxxvi. 19
    • Will he esteem thy riches?
  • * Tennyson
    • You talk kindlier: we esteem you for it.
  • To regard something as valuable; to prize.
  • To look upon something in a particular way.
    • Mary is an esteemed member of the community.
  • * Bible, Deuteronomy xxxii. 15
    • Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
  • * Bishop Gardiner
    • Thou shouldst (gentle reader) esteem his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence.
  • * Hawthorne
    • Famous men, whose scientific attainments were esteemed hardly less than supernatural.
  • * 1843 , '', book 3, ch. V, ''The English
    • And greatly do I respect the solid character, — a blockhead, thou wilt say; yes, but a well- conditioned blockhead, and the best-conditioned, — who esteems all ‘Customs once solemnly acknowledged’ to be ultimate, divine, and the rule for a man to walk by, nothing doubting, not inquiring farther.
  • (obsolete) To judge; to estimate; to appraise
    • The Earth, which I esteem unable to reflect the rays of the Sun.

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