Reverence vs Honour - What's the difference?

As a noun reverence

is reverence (deep respect).

, a less common spelling of honor.

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.

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

To show reverence.

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* 1902 , Richard Francis Weymouth, Translation of the New Testament of the Bible , Book 60, 1 Peter 2:4:

Come to Him, the ever-living Stone, rejected indeed by men as worthless, but in God's esteem chosen and held in honour .

* (rfdate), Shakespeare:

If she have forgot / Honour and virtue.

* (rfdate), Milton:

Godlike erect, with native honour clad.

(en verb)