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Dignify vs Lignify - What's the difference?

dignify | lignify |

As verbs the difference between dignify and lignify

is that dignify is to invest with dignity or honour while lignify is to become wood.

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

    lignify

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To become wood.
  • (botany): To develop woody tissue as a result of incrustation of lignin during secondary growth.
  • (intransitive), (by extension ): To become rigid or fixed, like something made of wood.
  • To turn into wood; to make ligneous.