Definition of difference for English Language Learners. : 1  the quality that makes one person or thing unlike another. : 2  something that people do not agree about : a disagreement in opinion. : 3  the degree or amount by which things differ.
The term Honours degree has different meanings for different degrees. Most commonly it is an award in connection with undergraduate bachelor's degree variations.ery rarely is the term used for the master's degree; for example, the four-year undergraduate degree at Ancient Scottish universities is abbreviated MA (Hons).
Not to be confused with The Right Honourable. The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable (abbreviated to The Hon., Hon. or formerly The Hon'bleâthe latter term is still used in South Asia) is a style that is used before the names of certain classes of persons. It is considered to be an honorific styling. It is only used for living people.