Honorable vs. Praiseworthy — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Honorable and Praiseworthy
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Definitions
Honorable➦
Deserving or winning honor and respect
Led an honorable life.
Praiseworthy➦
Meriting praise; highly commendable.
Honorable➦
Bringing distinction or recognition
Honorable service to one's nation.
Praiseworthy➦
Meriting praise; worthy of high praise
Honorable➦
Possessing and characterized by honor
An honorable person.
Praiseworthy➦
Worthy of praise or applause; commendable; as, praiseworthy action; he was praiseworthy.
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Honorable➦
Consistent with honor or good name
Followed the only honorable course of action.
Praiseworthy➦
Worthy of high praise;
Applaudable efforts to save the environment
A commendable sense of purpose
Laudable motives of improving housing conditions
A significant and praiseworthy increase in computer intelligence
Honorable➦
Distinguished; illustrious
This honorable gathering of scholars.
Honorable➦
Attended by marks of recognition and honor
Received an honorable burial.
Honorable➦
Used as a title of respect for certain high government officials
The Honorable Jane Doe, Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.
Honorable➦
Used as a courtesy title for the children of barons and viscounts and the younger sons of earls.
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Honorable➦
Used in the House of Commons as a title of respect when speaking of another member.
Honorable➦
Worthy of respect; respectable.
Honorable➦
(politics) A courtesy title, given in Britain and the Commonwealth to a cabinet minister, minister of state, or senator, and in the United States to the president, vice president, congresspeople, state governors and legislators, and mayors.
Honorable➦
A politician or other person who bears the title of "honorable".
Honorable➦
Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious.
Thy name and honorable family.
Honorable➦
High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation.
Honorable➦
Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair; as, an honorable motive.
Is this proceeding just and honorable?
Honorable➦
Conferring honor, or produced by noble deeds.
Honorable wounds from battle brought.
Honorable➦
Worthy of respect; regarded with esteem; to be commended; consistent with honor or rectitude.
Marriage is honorable in all.
Honorable➦
Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with testimonies of esteem; as, an honorable burial.
Honorable➦
Of reputable association or use; respectable.
Let her descend: my chambers are honorable.
Honorable➦
An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable Senate; the honorable gentleman.
Honorable➦
Not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent;
Honest lawyers
Honest reporting
An honest wage
Honest weight
Honorable➦
Showing or characterized by honor and integrity;
An honorable man
Led an honorable life
Honorable service to his country
Honorable➦
Used as a title of respect;
My honorable colleague
Our worthy commanding officer
Honorable➦
Adhering to ethical and moral principles;
It seems ethical and right
Followed the only honorable course of action
Had the moral courage to stand alone
Honorable➦
Deserving of esteem and respect;
All respectable companies give guarantees
Ruined the family's good name