garland vs honour

garland

noun
  • An accolade or mark of honour. 

  • The top; the thing most prized. 

  • A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in. 

  • A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling. 

  • A wreath, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration. 

  • A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe. 

  • The crown of a monarch. 

verb
  • To deck or ornament something with a garland. 

  • To form something into a garland. 

honour

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

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

  • 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). 

  • 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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