What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Wikidiffcom vs Deign - What's the difference?

wikidiffcom | deign |

As a verb deign is

to condescend; to accept as appropriate to one's dignity.

wikidiffcom

Not English

Wikidiffcom has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

deign

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To condescend; to accept as appropriate to one's dignity.
  • He didn't even deign to give us a nod of the head; he thought us that far beneath him.
  • To condescend to give; to do something.
  • * William Shakespeare, Macbeth , Act I scene II:
  • Nor would we deign him burial of his men.
  • * 1871 , Charlotte Mary Yonge, Heartsease, Or, The Brother's Wife (volume 2, page 189)
  • He, who usually hardly deigned a glance at his infants, now lay gazing with inexpressible softness and sadness at the little sleeping face
  • (obsolete) To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice.
  • * 1598?' , William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona , Act I, scene I, line 162-3
  • I fear my Julia would not deign my lines,receiving them from such a worthless post.