glory vs laurels

glory

noun
  • Worship or praise. 

  • The manifestation of the presence of God as perceived by humans in Abrahamic religions. 

  • Victory; success. 

  • That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour. 

  • Great beauty and splendor. 

  • An optical phenomenon, consisting of concentric rings and somewhat similar to a rainbow, caused by sunlight or moonlight interacting with the water droplets that compose mist or clouds, centered on the antisolar or antilunar point. 

  • Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown. 

  • An emanation of light supposed to shine from beings that are specially holy. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line. 

verb
  • To exult with joy; to rejoice. 

  • To boast; to be proud. 

laurels

noun
  • Honors. From the Ancient Greek practice of crowning victors with a branch from the laurel bush, sacred to Apollo. 

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