Glory vs. Honour — What's the Difference?

Great honor, praise, or distinction accorded by common consent; renown.

Honour (British English) or honor (American English; see spelling differences) is the idea of a bond between an individual and a society as a quality of a person that is both of social teaching and of personal ethos, that manifests itself as a code of conduct, and has various elements such as valour, chivalry, honesty, and compassion. It is an abstract concept entailing a perceived quality of worthiness and respectability that affects both the social standing and the self-evaluation of an individual or institution such as a family, school, regiment or nation.

Something conferring honor or renown.

High respect; great esteem

A highly praiseworthy asset

The quality of knowing and doing what is morally right

Adoration, praise, and thanksgiving offered in worship.

Something regarded as a rare opportunity and bringing pride and pleasure; a privilege

Majestic beauty and splendor; resplendence

An ace, king, queen, jack, or ten.

The splendor and bliss of heaven; perfect happiness.

Regard with great respect

A height of achievement, enjoyment, or prosperity

Fulfil (an obligation) or keep (an agreement)

A halo, nimbus, or aureole. Also called gloriole.

Variant of honor.

To rejoice triumphantly; exult

(uncountable) recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful.

Great beauty and splendor.

(uncountable) The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity.

Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.

(countable) A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen.

That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.

A privilege.

Worship or praise.

(in the plural) The privilege of going first.

An optical phenomenon, consisting of concentric rings and somewhat similar to a rainbow, caused by sunlight or moonlight interacting with the water droplets that compose mist or clouds, centered on the antisolar or antilunar point.

(golf) The right to play one's ball before one's opponent.

Victory; success.

A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament.

An emanation of light supposed to shine from beings that are specially holy. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.

(feudal law) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended.

(theology) The manifestation of the presence of God as perceived by humans in Abrahamic religions.

In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit. In some other games, an ace, king, queen or jack.

(obsolete) Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.

(in the plural) (Courses for) an honours degree: a university qualification of the highest rank.

To exult with joy; to rejoice.

Standard spelling of honor

To boast; to be proud.

Same as honor; - chiefly British usage.

To shine radiantly.

The state of being honored

Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown.

A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction;

That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honor; that which brings or gives renown; an object of pride or boast; the occasion of praise; excellency; brilliancy; splendor.

The quality of being honorable and having a good name;

Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.

A woman's virtue or chastity

The presence of the Divine Being; the manifestations of the divine nature and favor to the blessed in heaven; celestial honor; heaven.

Bestow honor or rewards upon;

An emanation of light supposed to proceed from beings of peculiar sanctity. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.

Show respect towards;

To exult with joy; to rejoice.

Accept as pay;

To boast; to be proud.

A state of high honor;

Brilliant radiant beauty;

An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint

Rejoice proudly