What is the difference between honours degrees or with honours?

Answer 1

An honours degree generally requires more credits (and thus more courses) to graduate than a "general" degree, whereas graduating "with honours", I believe, is based upon maintaining a certain average grade either throughout one's studies or in one's graduating year.

Answer 2

An honours degree typically signifies completion of an extra year of study and a more in-depth or research-based curriculum compared to a regular degree program. "With honours" simply means that a student achieved a high academic standard in their degree program. So, all honours degrees are "with honours," but not all degrees "with honours" are honours degrees.