different between indignity vs disservice

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French indignité, from Latin indignitas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?d??.n?.ti/

Noun

indignity (countable and uncountable, plural indignities)

1. degradation, debasement or humiliation
2. an affront to one's dignity or pride

Related terms

• indign
• indignant
• indignation
• dignity

Translations

English

Etymology

From dis- +? service.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?(s)?s??v?s/
• (US) enPR: dis·s?r´v?s, IPA^(key): /d?(s)?s?v?s/

Noun

disservice (countable and uncountable, plural disservices)

1. Service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally) unhelpful, harmful action.
   • 2014, Michele Kaschub, Janice Smith, Promising Practices in 21st Century Music Teacher Education, Oxford University Press (?ISBN)

     Often schools of music focus solely on the canon of Western classical art music, but this is a disservice to music educators who will have to deal with students from many different backgrounds and preferences.

   One renders young persons a disservice by heaping unearned rewards on them.

Translations

Verb

disservice (third-person singular simple present disservices, present participle disservicing, simple past and past participle disserviced)

1. To disserve, to provide a disservice to; to provide harmful or inadequate service to.

Translations

Related terms

• disserve

References

• disservice in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• disservice at OneLook Dictionary Search