The difference between Crown and Honor

When used as nouns, crown means a royal, imperial or princely headdress, whereas honor means recognition of importance or value.

When used as verbs, crown means to place a crown on the head of, whereas honor means to think of highly, to respect highly.


Crown is also adjective with the meaning: of, related to, or pertaining to a crown.

check bellow for the other definitions of Crown and Honor

  1. Crown as a noun:

    A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.

  2. Crown as a noun (heraldry):

    A representation of such a headdress, as in heraldry; it may even be that only the image exists, no physical crown, as in the case of the kingdom of Belgium; by analogy such crowns can be awarded to moral persons that don't even have a head, as the mural crown for cities in heraldry

  3. Crown as a noun:

    A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.

  4. Crown as a noun (by extension):

    Any reward of victory or mark of honor.

    Examples:

    "the martyr's crown"

  5. Crown as a noun:

    Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.

  6. Crown as a noun (metonym):

    The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.

  7. Crown as a noun (by extension, especially in, _, legal):

    The state, the government (headed by a monarch).

    Examples:

    "Treasure recovered from shipwrecks automatically becomes property of the Crown."

  8. Crown as a noun:

    The top part of something: The topmost part of the head. The highest part of a hill. The top section of a hat, above the brim. The raised centre of a road. The highest part of an arch. The upper range of facets in a rose diamond. The dome of a furnace.

  9. Crown as a noun (architecture):

    A kind of spire or lantern formed by converging flying buttresses.

  10. Crown as a noun:

    Splendor; culmination; acme.

  11. Crown as a noun (translation):

    Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); various currencies known by similar names in their native languages, such as the koruna, kruna, krone.

  12. Crown as a noun (historical):

    A former pre-decimalization British coin worth five shillings.

  13. Crown as a noun (botany):

    The part of a plant where the root and stem meet.

  14. Crown as a noun (forestry):

    The top of a tree.

  15. Crown as a noun (anatomy):

    The part of a tooth above the gums.

  16. Crown as a noun (dentistry):

    A prosthetic covering for a tooth.

  17. Crown as a noun (nautical):

    A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling

  18. Crown as a noun (nautical):

    The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet

  19. Crown as a noun (nautical):

    The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.

  20. Crown as a noun (nautical, in the plural):

    The bights formed by the turns of a cable.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Totten"

  21. Crown as a noun (paper):

    In England, a standard size of printing paper measuring 20 × 15 inches.

  22. Crown as a noun (paper):

    In American, a standard size of writing paper measuring 19 × 15 inches.

  23. Crown as a noun (chemistry):

    A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location

  24. Crown as a noun (medical):

    During childbirth, the appearance of the baby's head from the mother's vagina

  25. Crown as a noun (firearms):

    A rounding or smoothing of the barrel opening

  26. Crown as a noun (geometry):

    The area enclosed between two concentric perimeters.

  27. Crown as a noun (religion):

    A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.

  28. Crown as a noun:

    A whole turkey with the legs and wings removed to produce a joint of white meat.

  29. Crown as a noun (AAVE, colloquial):

    A formal hat worn by women to Sunday church services; a church crown.

  30. Crown as a noun:

    The knurled knob or dial, on the outside of a watch case, used to wind it or adjust the hands

  1. Crown as an adjective:

    Of, related to, or pertaining to a crown.

    Examples:

    "crown prince"

  2. Crown as an adjective:

    Of, related to, pertaining to the top of a tree or trees.

    Examples:

    "a crown fire"

  1. Crown as a verb:

    To place a crown on the head of.

  2. Crown as a verb:

    To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.

  3. Crown as a verb:

    To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.

  4. Crown as a verb:

    To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.

  5. Crown as a verb:

    To declare (someone) a winner.

  6. Crown as a verb (medicine):

    Of a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the vaginal opening.

    Examples:

    "The mother was in the second stage of labor and the fetus had just crowned, prompting a round of encouragement from the midwives."

  7. Crown as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, such as the face of a machine pulley.

  8. Crown as a verb:

    To hit on the head.

  9. Crown as a verb (video games):

    To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game.

  10. Crown as a verb (board games):

    In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.

    Examples:

    "“Crown me!” I said, as I moved my checker to the back row."

  11. Crown as a verb (firearms):

    To widen the opening of the barrel.

  12. Crown as a verb (military):

    To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.

  13. Crown as a verb (nautical):

    To lay the ends of the strands of (a knot) over and under each other.

  1. Crown as a verb (archaic):

  1. Honor as a noun (uncountable):

    recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration

    Examples:

    "The crowds gave the returning general much honor and praise."

  2. Honor as a noun (uncountable):

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

    Examples:

    "He was a most perfect knight, for he had great honor and chivalry."

    "His honor was unstained."

  3. Honor as a noun (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

    Examples:

    "'Honors are normally awarded twice a year: on The Queen's Birthday in June and at the New Year."

    "He wore an honor on his breast."

    "military honors; civil honors'"

    "Audie Murphy received many honors, such as the Distinguished Service Cross."

  4. Honor as a noun:

    a privilege

    Examples:

    "I had the honour of dining with the ambassador."

  5. Honor as a noun (in the plural):

    the privilege of going first the right to play one's ball before one's opponent.

    Examples:

    "I'll let you have the honours, Bob—go ahead."

  6. Honor as a noun:

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

    Examples:

    "He is an honour to his nation."

  7. Honor as a noun (feudal law):

    a seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Cowell"

  8. Honor as a noun (heraldry, countable):

    the center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon }}

  9. Honor as a noun (countable, card games):

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

  10. Honor as a noun (in the plural):

    (courses for) an honours degree: a university qualification of the highest rank

    Examples:

    "At university I took honours in modern history."

  1. Honor as a verb (transitive):

    to think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or spiritual value of

    Examples:

    "The freedom fighters will be forever remembered and honored by the people."

  2. Honor as a verb (transitive):

    to conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, treaty, promise, request, or the like)

    Examples:

    "I trusted you, but you have not honored your promise."

    "refuse to honor the test ban treaty"

  3. Honor as a verb (transitive):

    to confer (bestow) an honour or privilege upon (someone)

    Examples:

    "Ten members of the profession were honored at the ceremony."

    "The prince honored me with an invitation to his birthday banquet."

  4. Honor as a verb (transitive):

    to make payment in respect of (a cheque, banker's draft, etc.)

    Examples:

    "I'm sorry Sir, but the bank did not honour your cheque."