HONOUR AND RESPECT (article for competition)

Day 2,878, 03:10 • Published in India India • by iam dinko

Honor is used in two different senses. We can speak of a person's honor and we can talk about giving honor to another person. A person's honor is his integrity. It is the idea of doing what is right in all situations. "Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men". The writer of Proverbs said, "Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than one perverse in his ways, though he be rich". See the lesson "Men of Honor" for more details

Giving honor, such as to a parent, means to prize your relationship with them or to value your relationship with them. It can be shown in a variety of ways, such as being obedient to them when your are young, being respectful, and when you are old seeing to their care.

Respect also has two definitions, but they seem almost contradictory. Giving someone respect means being polite. For example, standing up when an older person enters a room is a sign of respect. We talk about equal rights, personal rights, and the equality of man, but the idea of respect is about a perceived inequality. Respect means some things and some people are more important. The other definition of "respect" is having a sense of shame. Young men are told to use "sound speech that cannot be condemned, that one who is an opponent may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you". In other words, you can gain an enemy's respect by being respectable in your behavior. Again, it is the idea of seeing an inequality in the world; in this case, being embarrassed that your own behavior doesn't measure up to the behavior of another. We show respect when we treat other people better than ourselves

Honour is a higher degree of respect. As quoted from the dictionary, "honour" means "to show great respect for someone or something" and the keyword here is the word GREAT. The word great shows that as compared to the word "respect", "honour" is something more than just "respect". "Honour" carries a partial meaning of proud and honesty,depending on the context it is used in.
In a sentence, "It would be my honour to meet the President of the country." The President being in a more respectable authority is worth more respect due to the things he does.
"We must respect the speaker." This is a example of a use of the word respect. Because the things a speaker does and the things that a President does are on different levels. Since the President is the one who does more important things, therefore the word "honour" is used.(To show how good he is in managing the country.)
Another comparison, "honour" is usually used in a more formal way. An example,"It would be my honour to meet the President of the country." and in this case respect is not used.
However so, the context of how the word is used must not be neglected. The degree of respect,as mentioned before, is particularly important as the word brings out how much you want to express. If you are confused with previous parts, just focus on this part at the bottom.
"Honour" is a stronger word than "respect". It is like wordplay on the degree of expressiveness. Another parallel example would be "serious" and "disastrous". "disastrous" is a stronger word than "serious".Example such as "His action of stealing a pack of sweets will bring about serious consequences.". "Serious" is used as the word "disastrous" is used when the author feels that this event have a magnitude equivalent or similar of that to a disaster. In other words, "disastrous" is more serious than just "serious".
In an essay writing, degree of expressiveness is extremely important as it may alter the author original intention on how the plot should go. In a comprehension passage, we must figure out using the same theory how must the author wants to emphasise on.


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