different between lifeworthy vs likeworthy

English

From life +? -worthy.

lifeworthy (comparative more lifeworthy, superlative most lifeworthy)

Worthy of or deserving of life.
- 1921, Clayton Riley Lusk, Revolutionary Radicalism:
  As long as the soul of a nation grows, it is lifeworthy, and its body will probably expand to suit the expansion of the spirit.
Able to handle or cope with life; able to live; livable.
- 2008, Don Clifford, Grace Enough for Three:
  As a ship is made to be seaworthy, God made us "lifeworthy," or able to cope and endure whatever comes our way.

From like +? -worthy. Compare Old English l?cwyrþe (“fit to please; well-pleasing; acceptable; agreeable”, literally “like-worthy”).

likeworthy (comparative likeworthier or more likeworthy, superlative likeworthiest or most likeworthy)

Worthy of being liked; likeable.
- 1906, Ford Madox Ford, The fifth queen: and how she came to court:
  None of your hatred should have prevented me, for I am a very likeworthy man.
- 2005, Michel Guez, Acta orthopaedica: Supplementum:
  Quite a few literature studies demonstrate likeworthy results with instrumented fusions as with uninstrumented (Thomsen et al. 1997, Fritzell et al. 2002).

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