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Dignify vs Aggrandize - What's the difference?

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Dignify is a related term of aggrandize.


As verbs the difference between dignify and aggrandize

is that dignify is to invest with dignity or honour while aggrandize is to make great; to enlarge; to increase.

dignify

English

Verb

  • to invest with dignity or honour
  • to give distinction to
  • to exalt in rank
  • to honor.
    • Your worth will dignify our feast. - B. Jonson.

    Synonyms

    * exalt * elevate * prefer * advance * honor * illustrate * adorn * ennoble

    aggrandize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * aggrandise (mainly British)

    Verb

    (aggrandiz)
  • To make great; to enlarge; to increase.
    • to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress
  • To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; applied to persons, countries, etc.
  • * Prescott
    • his scheme for aggrandizing his son
  • To make appear great or greater; to exalt.
    • (Charles Lamb)
  • To increase or become great.