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Lignify vs Ignify - What's the difference?

lignify | ignify |

As verbs the difference between lignify and ignify

is that lignify is to become wood while ignify is (obsolete) to form into fire.

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.

    • Related terms

    * lignification

    ignify

    English

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To form into fire.
    • (Stukeley)
    (Webster 1913)