Difference between Worthy and Meriting

WORTHY vs MERITING: NOUN

Word is often used humorously
An eminent or distinguished person.
A person of eminent worth; one distinguished for serviceable and estimable qualities: as, Fuller's “History of the Worthies of England.”
A local celebrity; a character; an eccentric: as, a village worthy.
Anything of worth or excellence.
A distinguished or eminent person
An important, honorable person (word is often used humorously)
A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; -- much used in the plural.

Meriting respect or esteem
Having sufficient worth; deserving.
Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.
Having suitable, adapted, or equivalent qualities or value; -- usually with of before the thing compared or the object; more rarely, with a following infinitive instead of of, or with that; ; entitled to; meriting; -- usually in a good sense, but sometimes in a bad one.
Of high station; of high social position.
Most worthy of those of the same blood to succeed or inherit; -- applied to males, and expressive of the preference given them over females.
Deserving, or having sufficient worth
Honorable; admirable.
Having worth, merit, or value.
Having qualities or abilities that merit recognition in some way
Having high moral qualities
Worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse
Morally admirable
Having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable
Honourable or admirable

To render or treat as worthy; exalt; revere; honour; esteem; respect; value; reward; adore.

Deserving; meriting: sometimes followed by of before the thing merited or deserved, sometimes by an accusative directly, and sometimes by an infinitive.
Well-deserved.
In keeping with the standing, character, dignity, etc. (of); fit; fitted; proper; suited; suitable: with of, for, or an infinitive clause.
Having worth; of high standing or degree; honorable; worshipful; excellent; deserving of honor, respect, praise, mention, attention, or the like; valuable; noble; estimable; virtuous; meritorious: noting persons and things.
Being honorable or admirable
Having worth or merit or value
To render worthy; exalt.
Of high rank or social station.

Worth, Good, Respectable, Meritorious, Suitable, Desirable, Exemplary, Laudable, Noteworthy, Commendable, Praiseworthy, Noble, Meriting, Worthwhile, Deserving

Suffices, Receiving, Bestowing, Afforded, Necessitating, Elicited, Earning, Given, Accorded, Garnering, Requiring, Warranting, Worth, Deserving, Worthy

Honorable, Worth, Good, Respectable, Meritorious, Suitable, Desirable, Exemplary, Laudable, Noteworthy, Commendable, Praiseworthy, Noble, Worthwhile, Deserving

Excepting, Qualifies, Suffices, Receiving, Bestowing, Afforded, Necessitating, Elicited, Earning, Given, Accorded, Requiring, Worth, Deserving, Worthy

Not an acronym obviously but worthy of inclusion.
There is none worthy of worship except You.
There is none worthy of worship but You.
Is this worthy of contacting the FBI about?
The world considers that the righteous are not worthy to live in the world, and God declares the world is not worthy of them.
God is worthy and great and worthy of our praise because of His splendor and His awesome works.
Make a list of the Chapters in your Section, listing names and addresses and phone numbers of the Worthy Matron, Worthy Patron, and Secretary.
Unfortunately many Christians are not going to receive anything worthy, no crown, because they did nothing worthy to be rewarded.
Worthy victims are worthy of media attention, but unworthy victims can basically piss off and die.
Worthy Matrons and Worthy Patrons to please stand.

We have therefore also identified a series of issues meriting examination in the future.
These beneficiaries were the most meriting understudies from less advantaged area of society.
Zaxxon and Twisted Sister were classic works of art meriting serious scholarly attention.
AIDS is a disaster in its own right meriting an emergency response.
It is this that I consider an extenuating factor meriting consideration.".
REASONS FOR GRANTING THE PETITIONThis petition presents two questions meriting review.
This is another issue meriting further research and discussion.
You mean she's still only meriting second billing?.
Classic: A literary work meriting the highest praise.
Nineteen states were rated as meriting serious concerns.