Reward vs. Recognition — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Reward and Recognition
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Reward
A thing given in recognition of service, effort, or achievement
He's reaping the rewards of his hard work and perseverance
The holiday was a reward for 40 years' service with the company
The emotional rewards of being a carer
Recognition
The act of recognizing or condition of being recognized.
Reward
Give something to (someone) in recognition of their services, efforts, or achievements
The engineer who supervised the work was rewarded with the MBE
Recognition
An awareness that something perceived has been perceived before.
Reward
A consequence that happens to someone as a result of worthy or unworthy behavior
The rewards of exercise.
The rewards of lying to your boss.
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Recognition
An acceptance as true or valid, as of a claim
A recognition of their civil rights.
Reward
Money offered or given for some special service, such as the return of a lost article or the capture of a criminal.
Recognition
Attention or favorable notice
She received recognition for her many achievements.
Reward
A satisfying return on investment; a profit.
Recognition
Official acceptance of the national status of a new government by another nation.
Reward
(Psychology) The return for performance of a desired behavior; positive reinforcement.
Recognition
(Biology) The ability of one molecule to attach itself to another molecule having a complementary shape, as in enzyme-substrate and antibody-antigen interactions.
Reward
To give a reward to or for.
Recognition
The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity.
He looked at her for ten full minutes before recognition dawned.
Reward
Something of value given in return for an act.
For catching the thief, you'll get a nice reward.
Recognition
Acceptance as valid or true.
The law was a recognition of their civil rights.
Reward
A prize promised for a certain deed or catch
The rewards for bringing in badly wanted criminals are printed on 'dead or alive' posters.
Recognition
Official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country.
Reward
The result of an action, whether good or bad.
Is this the reward I get for telling the truth: to be put in jail?
Recognition
Honour, favourable note, or attention.
The charity gained plenty of recognition for its efforts, but little money.
Reward
(transitive) To give a reward to or for.
Why are you rewarding the child for misbehaving?
Why are you rewarding that bad behaviour?
Recognition
(immunology) The propriety consisting for antibodies to bind to some specific antigens and not to others.
Reward
(transitive) To recompense.
Decorations are meant to reward the most meritous acts and services.
Recognition
A return of the feu to the superior.
Reward
To give (something) as a reward.
Recognition
The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice.
The lives of such saints had, at the time of their yearly memorials, solemn recognition in the church of God.
Reward
To give in return, whether good or evil; - commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate.
After the deed that is done, one doom shall reward,Mercy or no mercy as truth will accord.
Thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
God rewards those that have made use of the single talent.
Recognition
The state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged;
The partners were delighted with the recognition of their work
She seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own
Reward
Regard; respect; consideration.
Take reward of thine own value.
Recognition
The process of recognizing something or someone by remembering;
A politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces
Experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer
Reward
That which is given in return for good or evil done or received; esp., that which is offered or given in return for some service or attainment, as for excellence in studies, for the return of something lost, etc.; recompense; requital.
Thou returnestFrom flight, seditious angel, to receiveThy merited reward.
Rewards and punishments do always presuppose something willingly done well or ill.
Recognition
Approval;
Give her recognition for trying
He was given credit for his work
Give her credit for trying
The credits were given at the end of the film
Reward
Hence, the fruit of one's labor or works.
The dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward.
Recognition
Coming to understand something clearly and distinctly;
A growing realization of the risk involved
A sudden recognition of the problem he faced
Increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases
Reward
Compensation or remuneration for services; a sum of money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to do, some act.
Recognition
(biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape;
Molecular recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization of molecules into larger biologically active entities
Reward
A recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing;
The wages of sin is death
Virtue is its own reward
Recognition
The explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country;
Territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in 1991
Reward
Payment made in return for a service rendered
Recognition
An acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid;
The recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico and the United States
Reward
An act performed to strengthen approved behavior
Recognition
Designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body;
He was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman
Reward
The offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property
Reward
Benefit resulting from some event or action;
It turned out to my advantage
Reaping the rewards of generosity
Reward
Bestow honor or rewards upon;
Today we honor our soldiers
The scout was rewarded for courageus action
Reward
Strengthen and support with rewards;
Let's reinforce good behavior
Reward
Act or give recompensation in recognition of someone's behavior or actions
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