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Dignified vs Graceful - What's the difference?

dignified | graceful |

As adjectives the difference between dignified and graceful

is that dignified is respectable while graceful is having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion.

As a verb dignified

is (dignify).

dignified

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • respectable
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (dignify)
  • graceful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * gracefull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
  • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […]  The bed was the most extravagant piece.  Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.}}

    Antonyms

    * graceless * clumsy

    Derived terms

    * gracefulness