Difference between repute and reputation

[Guest]

Test No. incompl/inter-79 "Online Marketing Campaign", question 9

Thanks to the high standards of service we offer our customers, we have been able to establish an excellent ..........

(a) repute
(b) reputable
(c) reputation
(d) reputedly

Test No. incompl/inter-79 "Online Marketing Campaign", answer 9

Thanks to the high standards of service we offer our customers, we have been able to establish an excellent reputation.

Correct answer: (c) reputation

Your answer was: correct
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I doubted because of "reputation". What's the difference towards "repute"? Thank you.

[Alan]

Reputation is the good name/high regard that someone or something gets for good quality work or good quality workmanship. Of course it can also be used negatively for bad work and workmanship although the positive use is more common. Repute refers to the opinion that people hold - in other words what other people think of you. It is if you like more abstract in meaning and is used in expressions like: of high repute/of low repute - people have a high or low opinion of something.
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[Rich7]

just so you know:


re·pute [ ri pyt ]

noun

1. reputation: estimation or character according to what people in general think


2. good reputation: good reputation or standing


[Mid-16th century. Directly or via French reputer from Latin reputare , literally “to think repeatedly,” formed from putare “to think.” The underlying idea is “to think well or badly of.”]