different between renown vs honour

English

Etymology

From Old French renon, from re- + non (“name”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???na?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Noun

renown (usually uncountable, plural renowns)

1. Fame; celebrity; wide recognition.
   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 12, The Cyclops

     There sleep the mighty dead as in life they slept, warriors and princes of high renown.

   • 1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx, New York: Viking, Chapter Three, p. 63,^[1]

     [...] one day local fame would become world renown [...]

2. (obsolete) Reports of nobleness or achievements; praise.
   • c. 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1,^[2]

     [...] She

     Is daughter to this famous Duke of Milan,

     Of whom so often I have heard renown,

     But never saw before;

Translations

See also

• renowned

Verb

renown (third-person singular simple present renowns, present participle renowning, simple past and past participle renowned)

1. (transitive) To make famous.

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