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Excellence vs Prestige - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between excellence and prestige

is that excellence is the quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue while prestige is delusion; illusion; trick.

As a proper noun Excellence

is a title of honor or respect; more common in the form Excellency.

excellence

English

(wikipedia excellence)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.
  • Something in which one excels.
  • An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue.

    • Synonyms

    * superiority * pre-eminence * perfection * worth * goodness * purity * greatness

    See also

    * par excellence ----

    prestige

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Delusion; illusion; trick.
  • * :
    • The sophisms of infidelity, and the prestiges of imposture.
  • The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.
    • Oxford has a university of very high prestige .

    Derived terms

    * covert prestige * overt prestige * prestigious

    External links

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