different between excellence vs estimation

English

Etymology

From Old French excellence, from Latin excellentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ks?l?ns/

Noun

excellence (usually uncountable, plural excellences)

1. The quality of being excellent; brilliance
2. Something in which one excels.
3. An excellent or valuable quality; something at which any someone excels; a virtue.

Synonyms

• superiority
• pre-eminence
• perfection
• worth
• goodness
• purity
• greatness

Translations

See also

• par excellence

References

• excellence at OneLook Dictionary Search
• excellence in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• excellence in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.s?.l??s/

Noun

excellence f (plural excellences)

1. Excellence.
2. Excellency (term of address).

Derived terms

Further reading

• “excellence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• æstimation (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English estimacioun, estimacion, from Old French estimacion, from Latin aestimatio.Morphologically estimate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st??me???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

estimation (countable and uncountable, plural estimations)

1. The process of making an estimate.
2. The amount, extent, position, size, or value reached in an estimate.
3. Esteem or favourable regard.

Derived terms

• estimate

Related terms

• esteem

Translations

French

Alternative forms

• æstimation (obsolete)

Etymology

estimer +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s.ti.ma.sj??/

Noun

estimation f (plural estimations)

1. estimate; estimation (rough calculation or guess)

Further reading

• “estimation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).