Award vs. Accolade: What's the Difference?

To grant as merited or due

An expression of approval; praise.

To grant an amount or other benefit legally due

A special acknowledgment; an award.

Something awarded or granted, as for merit.

A ceremonial embrace, as of greeting or salutation.

An amount or other benefit granted as legally due.

Ceremonial bestowal of knighthood.

(legal) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.

To praise or honor

(legal) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.

An expression of approval; praise.

A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.

A special acknowledgment; an award.

A negotiated minimum wage that is set for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.

An embrace of greeting or salutation.

(intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award.

(historical) A salutation marking the conferring of knighthood, consisting of an embrace or a kiss, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat of a sword.

(transitive) To give (an award).

(music) A brace used to join two or more staves.

(transitive) To give (a person) an award.

(US) Written Presidential certificate recognizing service by military personnel or civilians serving the US armed forces who died or were wounded in action between 1917 and 1918, or who died in service between 1941 and 1947, or died of wounds received in Korea between June 27, 1950 and July 27, 1954.

To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case.

(architecture) An ornament composed of two ogee curves meeting in the middle, each concave toward its outer extremity and convex toward the point at which it meets the other.

To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant.

Synonym of curly bracket

To determine; to make an award.

(transitive) To embrace or kiss in salutation.

A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.

To confer a knighthood on.

The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.

(transitive) To confer praise or awards on.

A grant made by a law court;

A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting of an embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword.

A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction;

A brace used to join two or more staves.

Something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery;

A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction;

Give, especially as a reward;

Give on the basis of merit;

Bestow an honor upon