"Honorable" vs "Honored"

[Tom]

Hello

Could you please tell me the difference between:

Honorable guests and Honored guests
Respected guests and Respectable guests

Thanks in advance

Tom

[Yankee]

Hi Tom (,)

My personal opinion:

I'd stick with honored and respected. But honorable is also used. I don't really see much difference.

But, saying "Respectable guests" is not normal and sounds very weird to me (as though there might be some doubt about their respectability).

Amy
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Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English

[Van Khanh]

Hi Tom,

Respect +ed or honor + ed : For me, the matter is at "ed" (often expresses the passice meaning).

I think the matter the most important here is "respectable" and "respectful".

Respectable: considered by society to be good, correct,...

Ex: He came from a respectable middle-class family.

Respectful: Showing respect or something evoking respec.

Ex: Tom was standing at a respectful distance holding a cup of tea.

I am always respectful of your calm attitude.

bye
Khanh

[Van Khanh]

Hi Tom,

Honorable = deserve to have respect + admiration

Ex: Conclude an honorable peace.
Do the honorable thing by resigning.

Bye
Khanh

[Yankee]

Hi Tom

I understood your question to be a question about how you could address or refer to the guests at (for example) a formal event.
Did I understand you correctly?

Amy
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Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English

[Tom]

Yes, Amy

You did understand me correctly!

Tom

[Yankee]

[Van Khanh]

Hi Amy,

Ok. Thanks.

Khanh