different between dignity vs tranquillity

English

Etymology

From Middle English dignyte, from Old French dignité, from Latin d?gnit?s (“worthiness, merit, dignity, grandeur, authority, rank, office”), from d?gnus (“worthy, appropriate”), from Proto-Italic *degnos, from Proto-Indo-European *d?-nos, from *de?- (“to take”). See also decus (“honor, esteem”) and decet (“it is fitting”). Cognate to deign. Doublet of dainty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??n?ti/

Noun

dignity (countable and uncountable, plural dignities)

1. The state of being dignified or worthy of esteem: elevation of mind or character.
   • 1752, Henry Fielding, Amelia, I. viii

     He uttered this ... with great majesty, or, as he called it, dignity.

   • 1981, African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, art. 5

     Every individual shall have the right to the respect of the dignity inherent in a human being.

2. Decorum, formality, stateliness.
   • 1934, Aldous Huxley, "Puerto Barrios", in Beyond the Mexique Bay:

     Official DIGNITY tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held.

3. High office, rank, or station.
   • 1781, Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, F. III. 231:

     He ... distributed the civil and military dignities among his favourites and followers.
4. One holding high rank; a dignitary.
5. (obsolete) Fundamental principle; axiom; maxim.

Synonyms

• worth
• worthiness

Coordinate terms

• augustness, humanness, nobility, majesty, grandeur, glory, superiority, wonderfulness

Related terms

• deign
• dignified
• dignify

Translations

See also

• affirmation
• integrity
• self-respect
• self-esteem
• self-worth

• dignity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• dignity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• tidying

English

Alternative forms

• tranquility

Etymology

tranquil +? -ity, from Old French tranquilité, from Latin tranquilitas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /træ??kw?l?ti/
• Hyphenation: tran?quil?li?ty

Noun

tranquillity (usually uncountable, plural tranquillities)

1. the state of being tranquil
2. the absence of disturbance; peacefulness
3. the absence of stress; serenity
4. the quality of calm such as that experienced in places with mainly natural features and activities, free from disturbance from manmade ones.

Usage notes

• More common spelling in the UK; less common in the US.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:calm

Related terms

• tranquil
• tranquillize
• tranquilly
• tranquilness

Translations

Further reading

• tranquillity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• tranquillity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.