difference between "repute" and "reputation"

[Thunu]

Business English Lesson, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #43 "Guarantees and Warranties", question 5

Sometimes people don't bother about guarantees because the ......... of the manufacturer is enough for them.

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

Business English Lesson, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #43 "Guarantees and Warranties", answer 5

Sometimes people don't bother about guarantees because the reputation of the manufacturer is enough for them.

Correct answer: (d) reputation

Your answer was: correct
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Can you explain the difference between "repute" and "reputation" please?

Thu
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[Thunu]

Can you explain the difference between "repute" and "reputation" please?

Thu
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Reach an agreement as ploughing, don't let argument happen at crops.

[Alan]

Hi Thunu,

'Reputation' is possibly the most used word to describe 'name' in the sense of what people think of someone/something and of course it can be good as well as bad. 'Repute' is more formal in its use and has more a suggestion of the abstract since it doesn't specify what that 'name' or 'regard' is. It occurs in expressions like: 'A company of international repute' 'a house of ill repute' is a rather formal way of describing a brothel. 'Of repute' on its own indicates having a high reputation.

Hope that helps.

Alan
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