Difference between Worthy and Meritorious

WORTHY vs MERITORIOUS: NOUN

Word is often used humorously
An important, honorable person (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 man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; -- much used in the plural.
A distinguished or eminent person

Having sufficient worth; deserving.
Honorable; admirable.
Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.
Having high moral qualities
Worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse
Morally admirable
Having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable
Having worth, merit, or value.
Meriting respect or esteem
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.
Honourable or admirable
Deserving, or having sufficient worth
Having qualities or abilities that merit recognition in some way

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

In keeping with the standing, character, dignity, etc. (of); fit; fitted; proper; suited; suitable: with of, for, or an infinitive clause.
Well-deserved.
Deserving; meriting: sometimes followed by of before the thing merited or deserved, sometimes by an accusative directly, and sometimes by an infinitive.
Of high rank or social station.
Being honorable or admirable
Having worth or merit or value
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.
To render worthy; exalt.

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

Qualified, Deserves, Competent, Creditable, Outstanding, Worthwhile, Laudable, Excellence, Distinguished, Commendable, Praiseworthy, Merit, Deserving, Meritable, Worthy

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

Admissible, Qualified, Competent, Creditable, Outstanding, Worthwhile, Laudable, Excellence, Distinguished, Commendable, Praiseworthy, Merit, Deserving, Meritable, 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.

Krtina means one who has performed meritorious work.
Meritorious Service Medal, according to the news release.
Meritorious works have nothing to do with faith.
GAOdeclined to make a Meritorious Claims Act recommendation.
Other meritorious cases as determined by the Registrar.
Christians for their meritorious service to the Master.
Johnny Kilroy were presented Oregon Meritorious Service Medals.
Soldiers were to be rewarded for meritorious service.
To slay such a woman would be meritorious.
Rafraichissant la page are meritorious and for candidates who are meritorious and for candidates who are in need of to.