Disgrace vs. Dishonour — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Disgrace and Dishonour
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Disgrace
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Dishonour
Shame or disgrace.
You have brought dishonour upon the family.
Disgrace
Loss of honor, respect, or reputation; shame.
Dishonour
Lack of honour or integrity.
Disgrace
The condition of being strongly and generally disapproved.
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Dishonour
(legal) Failure or refusal of the drawee or intended acceptor of a negotiable instrument, such as a bill of exchange or note, to accept it or, if it is accepted, to pay and retire it.
Disgrace
One that brings disfavor or discredit
Your handwriting is a disgrace.
Dishonour
To bring disgrace upon someone or something; to shame.
You have dishonoured the family.
Disgrace
To bring shame or dishonor on
Disgraced the entire community.
Dishonour
To refuse to accept something, such as a cheque; to not honor.
Disgrace
To deprive of favor or good repute; treat with disfavor
The family was disgraced by the scandal.
Dishonour
To violate or rape.
Disgrace
The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
Dishonour
A state of shame or disgrace;
He was resigned to a life of dishonor
Disgrace
The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame.
Now she lives in disgrace.
Dishonour
Lacking honor or integrity
Disgrace
(countable) Something which brings dishonor; the cause of reproach or shame; great discredit.
His behaviour at the party was a total disgrace! He was leeching on all the ladies, and insulting the men.
Dishonour
Bring shame or dishonor upon;
He dishonored his family by committing a serious crime
Disgrace
(obsolete) An act of unkindness; a disfavor.
Dishonour
Force (someone) to have sex against their will;
The woman was raped on her way home at night
Disgrace
(transitive) To put someone out of favor; to bring shame or ignominy upon.
Dishonour
Refuse to accept;
Dishonor checks and drafts
Disgrace
The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
Macduff lives in disgrace.
Disgrace
The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy.
To tumble down thy husband and thyselfFrom top of honor to disgrace's feet?
Disgrace
That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being.
Disgrace
An act of unkindness; a disfavor.
The interchange continually of favors and disgraces.
Disgrace
To put out of favor; to dismiss with dishonor.
Flatterers of the disgraced minister.
Pitt had been disgraced and the old Duke of Newcastle dismissed.
Disgrace
To do disfavor to; to bring reproach or shame upon; to dishonor; to treat or cover with ignominy; to lower in estimation.
Shall heap with honors him they now disgrace.
His ignorance disgraced him.
Disgrace
To treat discourteously; to upbraid; to revile.
The goddess wroth gan foully her disgrace.
Disgrace
A state of dishonor;
One mistake brought shame to all his family
Suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison
Disgrace
Bring shame or dishonor upon;
He dishonored his family by committing a serious crime
Disgrace
Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally;
She tends to put down younger women colleagues
His critics took him down after the lecture
Disgrace
Damage the reputation of;
This newspaper story discredits the politicians
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