different between laurels vs honour
laurels
English
Noun
laurels
- plural of laurel
- Two mountain laurels were in bloom.
Noun
laurels pl (plural only)
- Honors. From the Ancient Greek practice of crowning victors with a branch from the laurel bush, sacred to Apollo.
See also
- mountain laurel
- rest on one's laurels
- laureate
Verb
laurels
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of laurel
Anagrams
- allures
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honour
English
Alternative forms
- honor (American)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n?(?)/
Noun
honour (countable and uncountable, plural honours)
- 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.
- 1902, Richard Francis Weymouth, Translation of the New Testament of the Bible, Book 60, 1 Peter 2:4:
Antonyms
- dishonour
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
honour (third-person singular simple present honours, present participle honouring, simple past and past participle honoured)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- […] prierent au roi qe mesme le cont purroit estre restorez a ses noun et honour de marquys queux il avoit pardevant.
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