Dignify vs Animate - What's the difference?
dignify | animate | Related terms |
to invest with dignity or honour
to give distinction to
to exalt in rank
to honor.
That which lives.
Possessing the quality or ability of motion.
Dynamic, energetic.
(grammar, of a noun or pronoun) Having a referent that includes a human or animal.
(grammar) Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.
To impart motion or the appearance of motion to.
To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit.
* Knolles
As verbs the difference between dignify and animate
is that dignify is to invest with dignity or honour while animate is to impart motion or the appearance of motion to.As an adjective animate is
that which lives.dignify
English
Verb
- Your worth will dignify our feast. - B. Jonson.
Synonyms
* exalt * elevate * prefer * advance * honor * illustrate * adorn * ennobleanimate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She is an engaging and animate speaker.
- Nouns can be singular or plural, and one of two genders, animate or inanimate.
Synonyms
(synonyms) * (that lives) alive, live, living * (possessing the quality or ability of motion) * (dynamic) active, dynamic, energeticAntonyms
(antonyms) * (living) inanimate * (possessing the quality or ability of motion) fixed, immobile, static, stationary, still * (dynamic) static * (sense) inanimateVerb
(animat)- If we animate the model, we can see the complexity of the action.
- The more to animate the people, he stood on high and cried unto them with a loud voice.