different between exalt vs honour

English

Etymology

From Old French exalter, from Latin exalt?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???z??lt/
• Rhymes: -??lt
• Hyphenation: ex?alt

Verb

exalt (third-person singular simple present exalts, present participle exalting, simple past and past participle exalted)

1. (transitive) To honor; to hold in high esteem.

   They exalted their queen.

2. (transitive) To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate.

   The man was exalted from a humble carpenter to a minister.

3. (transitive) To elate, or fill with the joy of success.
4. (transitive, chemistry, archaic) To refine or subtilize.

Usage notes

Do not confuse exalt (praise) (transitive) with exult (rejoice) (intransitive).

Synonyms

• upgrade

Antonyms

• abase
• demean

Derived terms

• exaltedly
• exaltedness
• exalter

Translations

See also

• exult

Further reading

• exalt at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• -taxel, LaTeX, latex, taxel

English

Alternative forms

• honor (American)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n?(?)/

Noun

honour (countable and uncountable, plural honours)

1. British spelling, Canadian spelling, South African spelling, Commonwealth of Nations, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.
   • 1902, Richard Francis Weymouth, Translation of the New Testament of the Bible, Book 60, 1 Peter 2:4:

     Come to Him, the ever-living Stone, rejected indeed by men as worthless, but in God's esteem chosen and held in honour.

Antonyms

• dishonour

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

honour (third-person singular simple present honours, present participle honouring, simple past and past participle honoured)

1. British spelling, Canadian spelling, Commonwealth of Nations, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.

Derived terms

• honour in the breach

Translations

Middle English

Etymology

Anglo-Norman honour.

Noun

honour (plural honours)

1. honour

Descendants

• English: honour, honor

References

p. 1, Arthur; A Short Sketch of his Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century, Frederick Furnivall ed. EETS. Trübner & Co.: London. 1864.

Old French

Noun

honour m (oblique plural honours, nominative singular honours, nominative plural honour)

1. Late Anglo-Norman spelling of honur

   […] prierent au roi qe mesme le cont purroit estre restorez a ses noun et honour de marquys queux il avoit pardevant.

   […] prayed to the king that even the count could be restored to his name and his honour of marquee that he had before