different between excellence vs stature

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

Etymology

From Old French stature, from Latin stat?ra.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?stæt?.?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?stæt?.?/
• Rhymes: -æt??(?)
• Hyphenation: stat?ure

Noun

stature (countable and uncountable, plural statures)

1. A person or animal's natural height when standing upright.
2. Respect coming from achievement or development.

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “stature”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• Sautter, Steuart, astuter, rutates

Italian

Noun

stature f

1. plural of statura

Anagrams

• sturate, turaste, urtaste

Latin

Participle

stat?re

1. vocative masculine singular of stat?rus

Middle English

Noun

stature (plural statures)

1. stature (height, tallness)

Descendants

• English: stature