MY EFFORT: this a straight-forward question. I was practising for 'SAT' and met a question which required knowledge of difference between the afore-mentioned two words. I have searched the following 2 Web Sources and 1 Father's MacBook In-Built Dictionary:
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- Wikipedia
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b) This is one is quite intriguing: Wikipedia refers to two contexts in which Reverence is used, first one is 'Emotion' and the second one is 'Attitude'; the second is very important because Deference is mostly used in the context of 'Attitude' (THIS IS THE EXACT REASON BEHIND MY DOUBT).
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Note: I haven't still (NOR I HAVE THE TIME, MY 'SAT' EXAMS ARE NEAR) researched into the meanings of these two words, therefore, it may be possible that they may have even more complex and differentiated meaning, for i.e., they have either historically or primitively quite distinct meaning.
- MacBook Inbuilt Dictionary: These are screen shots
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Surely your screen shots answer the question for you:
Deference : "polite submission and respect" - also, it can refer to wishes or age.
Reverence : "deep respect" - also would normally refer to a person, or possibly a temple, idol, or the like.
You might need to treat your teacher / boss / superiors with deference (polite respect) - but you are unlikely to treat them with reverence (deep respect). At one extreme, you may hate your teacher or your boss, but still have to treat them with deference; at the opposite extreme, reverence could mean treating someone like a god.
Yet another way of viewing the difference is that deference relates to the person's position in society or the community; whereas reverence relates more to the person's character.