honorary vs nominative

honorary

adj
  • Describes the holder of an unofficial position or title that is assigned as a special honor rather than by normal channels. 

  • Given as an honor/honour, with no duties attached, and without payment. 

  • Voluntary. 

noun
  • A person who holds an honorary appointment. 

  • A kind of secret society that operates in name only, with membership given to honor some achievement. 

  • An honorarium; a fee for services of no fixed value. 

nominative

adj
  • Giving a name; naming; designating. 

  • Making a selection or nomination; choosing. 

  • Being in that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb. 

noun
  • A noun in the nominative case. 

  • The nominative case. 

How often have the words honorary and nominative occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )