What's the difference between prestigious and renowned?

Prestigious


Definition:

  • (a.) Practicing tricks; juggling.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A key part of the reason why Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge, one of the NHS’s most prestigious hospitals, was put into special measures last week was that 200 of its beds were being occupied by patients who could not leave because there was a lack of social care in place to support them.
  • (2) Much criticism, though, is based on genuine misunderstanding or a wild misrepresentation of reality – even in the pages of prestigious newspapers.
  • (3) The cost of a university degree under the new, deregulated system is hard to predict because it will be up to the institution to set the amount from January 2016, but experts acknowledge that the prestigious Group of Eight universities would be able to increase fees the most.
  • (4) The Tasmanian writer said he was “stunned” to be in the running for the prestigious UK-based literary prize, which for the first time has been opened to authors of any nationality.
  • (5) Salazar, who coaches Farah in the United States, is the head coach at the prestigious Nike Oregon Project in Portland, and an ”unpaid consultant” for UK Athletics .
  • (6) Renzi is also in the market for a prestigious portfolio for Italy's commissioner, who could be either Enrico Letta or Massimo D'Alema, both former prime ministers.
  • (7) ‘Homelessness can affect anybody’ I knew someone who, despite her many prestigious qualifications, ended up sleeping rough because of her mental status.
  • (8) Love has disappeared from state-run education and children are suffering from the government's "long interfering arm and dead restraining hand", the head of the body representing many of Britain's most prestigious independent schools has said.
  • (9) The Mail reported that prestigious internship positions in a range of industries (finance, hedge-fund work, fashion, media and so on) recently raised more than £20,000 for the Conservatives at the exclusive Black and White party .
  • (10) It’s a beautiful industry that’s seen to be prestigious.
  • (11) Freeman was awarded an MBE in 1998 and over the years picked up an assortment of prestigious gongs for his radio work, including the Sony awards radio personality of the year in 1987, the Radio Academy's outstanding contribution to UK music radio award in 1988, and a special Sony award in May 2000 commemorating 40 years of service to broadcasting.
  • (12) Not long ago, Imperial College's medicine department were told that their "productivity" target for publications was to "publish three papers per annum including one in a prestigious journal with an impact factor of at least five.″ The effect of instructions like that is to reduce the quality of science and to demoralise the victims of this sort of mismanagement.
  • (13) An unusual statement to present while receiving the world’s most prestigious peace prize.
  • (14) Within a few years of abandoning his sports career in 2000, and after studying at a prestigious business school, Urdangarin became the owner of a €6m (£5m) house in Barcelona.
  • (15) "If you look behind the headlines, the reality is that lots of students will not face fees anything close to £9,000 a year – including at the most prestigious universities."
  • (16) Winston became the second straight player to win the prestigious award in his first year of college, following Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel (a finalist again) last year .
  • (17) 7.58am BST Jessica Shepherd, from the Guardian's newsdesk, says surprisingly prestigious courses still have vacancies.
  • (18) However, our class, attending one of the world’s most prestigious business schools – the Stanford Graduate School of Business – had a special reason for doing so: we had all faced the possibility that our own professional achievements could be limited simply by being ourselves.
  • (19) Before the end of this year, one of our universities will win Britain's most prestigious academic prize.
  • (20) The pitch explained: "Now one of Europe's most prestigious event venues, it hosts a variety of events throughout the year, including the Conservative Party's Summer Party, where Mr Shestakov was introduced to Prime Minister David Cameron this year by New Century Chairman David Burnside."

Renowned


Definition:

  • (a.) Famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities, or for grandeur; eminent; as, a renowned king.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Here's what you need to know Read more Speaking to Guardian Australia ahead of the Festival of Dangerous Ideas in Sydney, Krugman, a renowned columnist at the New York Times , predicted the slowing Chinese economy would hurt Australia, but said the country should not get “too hysterical” about it.
  • (2) Case histories are given to show how renowned analytical service laboratories and microbeam experts formulated their strategies to approach a real life problem, what type of conclusions were deduced from the data and, finally, how the problem was solved.
  • (3) Half an hour north of Tewkesbury is Upton-upon-Severn, renowned as the most flood-prone town in Britain.
  • (4) In Cefischer, who until his war-related loss of both upper limbs had been a renowned cartoonist, a comparison of his works, drawn initially by hand and later with the mouth, reveals his characteristic style of expression having remained the same.
  • (5) But there was worse to come: Alliot-Marie went on to offer the French military's "world-renowned savoir-faire " to Ben Ali's regime, and to deliver this savoir-faire to Tunis.
  • (6) Arsenal’s Arsène Wenger: I love Bob Marley’s music and the man that he was Read more Cazorla has travelled to his native Spain to see the renowned specialist Dr Ramón Cugat and Wenger did not rule out that the injury would turn out to be season-ending.
  • (7) The coalition thinks appointing Green to find further savings in this area demonstrates its willingness to allow others outside government to look at the books, but it is also banking on benefiting from the touch of a renowned businessman when what are likely to be hugely unpopular cuts are announced.
  • (8) The ICT said Tibetans in Ganzi were "renowned for their strong sense of Tibetan identity and nationalism" and had been more politically active than residents of almost any other Tibetan area since the widespread unrest of March 2008, with protests including demonstrations and prayer vigils.
  • (9) A bill presented in 1940 for a law "on euthanasia for incurable ill persons" found the unanimous consent of the renowned physicians consulted for this purpose.
  • (10) Where to eat Dom Sancho restaurant, an hour away in the hill village of Sortelha, (Rua do Corro, +351 271 388 267) is renowned for its regional food.
  • (11) In recent years, Chinese companies have been busy buying up internationally renowned brands and landmarks, including New York’s Waldorf Astoria hotel, the former headquarters of Chase Manhattan Bank and, in the UK, the venerable Weetabix.
  • (12) The tiny nation to the east of the Himalayas has long been renowned for its focus not on GDP – gross domestic product – but GNH ( gross national happiness) .
  • (13) The renowned US architect Frank Gehry recently completed the Dr Chau Chak Wing building for the University of Technology in Sydney, described by the Australian governor general, Sir Peter Cosgrove, as “the most beautiful squashed brown paper bag I’ve ever seen”.
  • (14) It was hard to believe this was the Algarve – renowned for beach resorts and golf courses – but we came across nature reserves, like this one at Ria de Alvor , wherever we went.
  • (15) In 1972 the BBC produced his tale The Stone Tape, a technological ghost story still renowned among aficionados for the twist in its tail.
  • (16) Ramsey said one of the reasons he resisted offers from other suitors, including Manchester United, was that Arsenal are renowned for giving teenage players plenty of first-team action.
  • (17) Havel was a renowned playwright and essayist who, after the crushing of the Prague spring in 1968, was drawn increasingly into the political struggle against the Czechoslovakian communist dictatorship, which he called Absurdistan.
  • (18) Their 12-year stewardship transformed an obscure theatre notorious for the austerity of its seats into a fashionable address renowned for its rollcall of stars - including Ralph Fiennes, Diana Rigg, Juliet Binoche and Cate Blanchett - all of whom were eager to muck in with communal dressing rooms and a minimum wage.
  • (19) An Islamist-dominated Congress will find it extremely difficult to reach a negotiated settlement with Jathran, given his renowned animosity to the Muslim Brotherhood."
  • (20) Requests of such kind were sent to the medical faculties of renowned universities.