- Language
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Honors and honours are both English terms.
- Usage
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Honors is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (
en-US) while honours is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:
Term US UK India Philippines Canada Australia Liberia Ireland New Zealand Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago Guyana honors 100 21 13 97 49 15 100 17 18 46 53 100 honours 0 79 87 3 51 85 0 83 82 54 47 0
- In the United States, there is a preference for "honors" over "honours" (100 to 0).
- In the United Kingdom, there is a 79 to 21 preference for "honours" over "honors".
- In India, there is a 87 to 13 preference for "honours" over "honors".
- In the Philippines, there is a preference for "honors" over "honours" (97 to 3).
- In Canada, there is a 51 to 49 preference for "honours" over "honors".
- In Australia, there is a 85 to 15 preference for "honours" over "honors".
- In Liberia, there is a preference for "honors" over "honours" (100 to 0).
- In Ireland, there is a 83 to 17 preference for "honours" over "honors".
- In New Zealand, there is a 82 to 18 preference for "honours" over "honors".
- In Jamaica, there is a 54 to 46 preference for "honours" over "honors".
- In Trinidad & Tobago, there is a preference for "honors" over "honours" (53 to 47).
- In Guyana, there is a preference for "honors" over "honours" (100 to 0).
- Examples
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Below, we provide some examples of when to use honors or honours with sample sentences.
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Examples in Context
Examples of “honors”
- …player who earned Second-Team All-America honors in 1959-60 and First-Team honors…
- …Leighton, "Street Smarts: Tiny street honors famous Tucson architect," Arizona Daily…
- …military veterans, while Memorial Day honors those who have died while…
- …Year and First Team All-Arena honors.
- The professional honors he has received as a…
- …Colorado, where he earned All-American honors.
- Participating teams, results and individual honors in Class AA were as
- University of Hawaii at Manoa Honors Program
- Each year, the award honors a woman who has significantly…
- He earned All-America honors in 1934 with a second-place…
Examples of “honours”
- …graduating with a second-class BA Honours degree.
- Official honours
- Town (Honour's) Mill, Edenbridge
- …the barons who held these honours.
- …a Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in electrical, electronics and communications…
- Outside Honours
- He graduated with honours from Mohawk College.
- …earned a Bachelor of Arts honours degree in 1970, and Doctor…
- …one of the country's highest honours, by the President of Poland,…
- …thirty years to obtain first-class honours in both his preliminary and…
