Degradation vs. Indignity — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Degradation and Indignity
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Definitions
Degradation
The act or process of degrading.
Indignity
Humiliating, degrading, or abusive treatment.
Degradation
The state of being degraded; degeneration.
Indignity
A source of offense, as to a person's pride or sense of dignity; an affront.
Degradation
A decline to a lower condition, quality, or level.
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Indignity
(Obsolete) Lack of dignity or honor.
Degradation
(Geology) A general lowering of the earth's surface by erosion or weathering.
Indignity
Degradation, debasement or humiliation
Degradation
(Chemistry) Decomposition of a compound, especially complex substances such as polymers and proteins, by stages, exhibiting well-defined intermediate products.
Indignity
An affront to one's dignity or pride
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Degradation
The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society
Indignity
Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; an offense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment; contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult.
How might a prince of my great hopes forgetSo great indignities you laid upon me?
A person of so great place and worth constrained to endure so foul indignities.
Degradation
The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.
Indignity
An affront to one's dignity or self-esteem
Degradation
Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.
Degradation
(geology) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc.
Degradation
A deleterious change in the chemical structure, physical properties or appearance of a material from natural or artificial exposure.
Degradation
The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
Degradation
Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole.
Muscle degradation
Degradation
The gradual breakdown of components of a material, as a result of a natural element, i.e.: heat, cold and wind.
Degradation
The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop.
He saw many removes and degradations in all the other offices of which he had been possessed.
Degradation
The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.
The . . . degradation of a needy man of letters.
Deplorable is the degradation of our nature.
Moments there frequently must be, when a sinner is sensible of the degradation of his state.
Degradation
Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.
The development and degradation of the alphabetic forms can be traced.
Degradation
A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc.
Degradation
The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
The degradation of the species man is observed in some of its varieties.
Degradation
Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole.
Degradation
Changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
Degradation
A low or downcast state;
Each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement
