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Stately vs Revered - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between stately and revered

is that stately is of people: regal, dignified; worthy of respect while revered is respected or given reverence.

As an adverb stately

is in a stately manner.

As a verb revered is

past tense of revere.

stately

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Of people: regal, dignified; worthy of respect.
  • * 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
    • Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered.
  • Of movement: dignified; deliberate, unhurried.
  • * 2010 , "An own goal on gay rights", The Economist , 14 Oct 2010:
    • And much as they welcome his promise to repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell”, they are dismayed by the stately pace and bungled tactics of his attempts to do so.
  • Imposing; grand, impressive.

    • Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a stately manner.

    • revered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (revere)
    • The villagers revered their religious leader for his example of pious conduct.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • respected or given reverence
    • The scholar kept his revered books in a special part of the library.