The difference between Dignify and Mortify
When used as verbs, dignify means to invest with dignity or honour, whereas mortify means to discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires.
check bellow for the other definitions of Dignify and Mortify
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Dignify as a verb (transitive):
To invest with dignity or honour.
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Dignify as a verb (transitive):
To give distinction to.
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Dignify as a verb (transitive):
To exalt in rank.
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Dignify as a verb (transitive, mostly, in the negative):
To treat as worthy or acceptable; to indulge or condone by acknowledging.
Examples:
"I will not dignify that comment with a response."
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Mortify as a verb (transitive):
To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.
Examples:
"Some people seek sainthood by mortifying the body."
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Mortify as a verb (transitive, usually, used passively):
To embarrass, to humiliate. To injure one's dignity.
Examples:
"I was so mortified I could have died right there; instead I fainted, but I swore I'd never let that happen to me again."
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Mortify as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To kill.
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Mortify as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To reduce the potency of; to nullify; to deaden, neutralize.
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Mortify as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To kill off (living tissue etc.); to make necrotic.
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Mortify as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.
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Mortify as a verb (transitive, Scotland, legal, historical):
To grant in mortmain