Honorable vs. Praiseworthy — What's the Difference?

Deserving or winning honor and respect

Meriting praise; highly commendable.

Bringing distinction or recognition

Meriting praise; worthy of high praise

Possessing and characterized by honor

Worthy of praise or applause; commendable; as, praiseworthy action; he was praiseworthy.

Consistent with honor or good name

Worthy of high praise;

Distinguished; illustrious

Attended by marks of recognition and honor

Used as a title of respect for certain high government officials

Used as a courtesy title for the children of barons and viscounts and the younger sons of earls.

Used in the House of Commons as a title of respect when speaking of another member.

Worthy of respect; respectable.

(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.

A politician or other person who bears the title of "honorable".

Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious.

High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation.

Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair; as, an honorable motive.

Conferring honor, or produced by noble deeds.

Worthy of respect; regarded with esteem; to be commended; consistent with honor or rectitude.

Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with testimonies of esteem; as, an honorable burial.

Of reputable association or use; respectable.

An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable Senate; the honorable gentleman.

Not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent;

Showing or characterized by honor and integrity;

Used as a title of respect;

Adhering to ethical and moral principles;

Deserving of esteem and respect;