accolade vs honour

accolade

noun
  • An expression of approval; praise. 

  • An embrace of greeting or salutation. 

  • An ornament composed of two ogee curves meeting in the middle, each concave toward its outer extremity and convex toward the point at which it meets the other. 

  • Written Presidential certificate recognizing service by military personnel or civilians serving the US armed forces who died or were wounded in action between 1917 and 1918, or who died in service between 1941 and 1947, or died of wounds received in Korea between June 27, 1950 and July 27, 1954. 

  • Synonym of curly bracket 

  • A salutation marking the conferring of knighthood, consisting of an embrace or a kiss, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat of a sword. 

  • A brace used to join two or more staves. 

  • A special acknowledgment; an award. 

verb
  • To embrace or kiss in salutation. 

  • To confer praise or awards on. 

  • To confer a knighthood on. 

honour

noun
  • A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen. 

  • The privilege of going first. 

  • The center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon (compare honour point). 

  • A privilege. 

  • (Courses for) an honours degree: a university qualification of the highest rank. 

  • In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit. In some other games, an ace, king, queen or jack. 

  • A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended. 

  • The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity. 

  • Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful). 

  • A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament. 

  • The right to play one's ball before one's opponent. 

verb
  • British spelling, Canadian spelling, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor. 

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