Valuable vs Venerable - What's the difference?
valuable | venerable |
Having a great value.
estimable; deserving esteem
a personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value; — usually used in plural form.
Commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position.
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, title= Worthy of reverence.
Ancient, antiquated or archaic.
Made sacred especially by religious or historical association.
Giving an impression of aged goodness and benevolence.
As adjectives the difference between valuable and venerable
is that valuable is having a great value while venerable is used as a form of address for an archdeacon in the anglican church.As a noun valuable
is a personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value; — usually used in plural form.valuable
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(en adjective)- valuable gemstones
- a valuable''' friend; a '''valuable companion
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* worthlessNoun
(en noun)venerable
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(en adjective)The attack of the MOOCs, passage=Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.}}