Award vs. Accolade
Difference Between Award and Accolade
Awardnoun
(legal) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
Accoladenoun
An expression of approval; praise.
Awardnoun
(legal) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
Accoladenoun
A special acknowledgment; an award.
Awardnoun
A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
Accoladenoun
An embrace of greeting or salutation.
Awardnoun
(obsolete) Care, keeping.
Accoladenoun
(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.
Awardnoun
A negotiated minimum wage that is set for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.
Accoladenoun
(music) A brace used to join two or more staves.
Awardverb
To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge
the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainantAccoladenoun
Written Presidential certificate recognizing service by personnel 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. Service of civilians who died overseas or as a result of injury or disease contracted while serving in a civilian capacity with the United States Armed Forces during the dates and/or in areas prescribed is in like manner recognized.
Awardverb
(intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award.
Accoladenoun
(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. Such accolades are either plain or adorned with rich moldings, and are a frequent motive of decoration on the lintels of doors and windows of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, especially in secular architecture.
Awardverb
(transitive) To give an award (prize) for merit.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.Accoladeverb
(transitive) To embrace or kiss in salutation.
Awardnoun
a grant made by a law court;
he criticized the awarding of compensation by the courtAccoladeverb
To confer a knighthood on.
Awardnoun
a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction;
an award for braveryAccoladeverb
(transitive) To confer praise or awards on.
an accoladed novelAwardnoun
something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery;
the prize was a free trip to EuropeAccoladenoun
a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction;
an award for braveryAwardverb
give, especially as a reward;
bestow honors and prizes at graduationAwardverb
give on the basis of merit;
Funds are granted to qualified researchersAwardverb
bestow an honor upon
