The difference between Macerate and Mortify
When used as verbs, macerate means to soften (something) or separate it into pieces by soaking it in a heated or unheated liquid, whereas mortify means to discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires.
Macerate is also noun with the meaning: a macerated substance.
check bellow for the other definitions of Macerate and Mortify
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Macerate as a verb:
To soften (something) or separate it into pieces by soaking it in a heated or unheated liquid.
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Macerate as a verb (obsolete):
To make lean; to cause to waste away.
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Macerate as a verb (obsolete):
To subdue the appetite by poor or scanty diet; to mortify.
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Macerate as a noun:
A macerated substance.
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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