Earned and Honored

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Earned adjective - Gained or acquired; especially through merit or as a result of effort or action.

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Honored and earned are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Honored" instead an adjective "Earned".

Nearby Words: earn, earning, earner

Honored adjective - Having an illustrious reputation; respected.

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Earned and honored are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Earned" instead an adjective "Honored".

Nearby Words: honor, honour, honorable, honoured, honorably

Data is put in charge of planning the funeral, but Worf tells him that in Klingon culture, when a friend like Geordi has died, and earned a place among the honored dead, it is a time to celebrate.

Source: The Fun in Funeral
Not because he needed saving — he earned an honored place in the afterlife for his noble deeds — but because she could not bear to be without him after she realized, all too late, that he had truly loved her, and she had thrown that away without ever realizing its worth.

Source: Comic Book / The Enchantress

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