Embellish vs Dignify - What's the difference?
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To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
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To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality, to distort.
to invest with dignity or honour
to give distinction to
to exalt in rank
to honor.
Embellish is a related term of dignify.
As verbs the difference between embellish and dignify
is that embellish is to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate while dignify is to invest with dignity or honour.embellish
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Verb
(es)- The old book cover was embellished with golden letters
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- to embellish a story, the truth
Synonyms
* adorn * beautify * decorate * deck * grace * ornament * prettify * See alsodignify
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Verb
- Your worth will dignify our feast. - B. Jonson.