Word Report

Dainty>dignity 

According to the Oxford English Dictionary the words dainty and dignity have the following definitions:

Dainty- 

(n.)

1. Estimation, honour, favor (in which anything is held); esteem, regard; affection, love
2. Liking or fondness to do or see anything; delight, pleasure, joy
3. Delightful or choice quality; sumptuousness
4. Daintiness; fastidiousness
5. Anything estimable, choice, fine, pleasing or delightful; hence occas., a luxury, rarity
6. Anything pleasing or delicious to the palate; a choice viand, a delicacy
7. Phrase. To set great store by; hense, to be sparing or chary of, to be chary or loth, to scruple
8. As an asseveration: By God's dignity, or honour

(adj.) 

1. Valuable, fine, handsome; choice, excellent; pleasant, delightful
2. Precious; hence, rare, scarce
3. Pleasing to the palate, choice, delicate
4. Of delicate or tender beauty or grace; delicately pretty; made with delicate taste
5. Of persons, etc.: Possessing or displaying delicate taste, perception or sensibility; nice, fastidious, particular; sometimes, over-nice
6. Nice or particular as to the quality of food, comforts, etc.; luxurious 
7. Delicate (in health or constitution)
8. Daintily
9. (as a verb) To pamper or indulge with dainties

Dignity-

1. The quality of being worthy or honourable; worthiness, worth, nobleness, excellence
2. Honourable or high estate, position, or estimation; honour; degree of estimation, rand
3. An honourable office, rank, or title; a high official or titular position
4. Nobility of befitting elevation of aspect, manner, or style; becoming or fit stateliness, gravity
5. A situation of a planet in which its influence is heightened, either by its position in the zodiac, or by its aspects with other planets
6. The term for a 'company' of canons
7. Power
8. A self-evident theorem, an axiom 

The word "dainty" first derived in c. 1225 and continued to develop until 1816. It has origins from Old French "deintie" and Latin "dignitatem". Dainty as an adjective sprouted from the noun and the meaning evolved in Middle English to "choice, excellent" to "delicately pretty". On the other hand, "dignity" also arose in 1225 and expanded until 1891. This word came from Old French "dignite" as well as Latin "dignitatem". These two words relate to one another by the similarities of their definitions. They both have meaning that deals with words such as "honour" and they both seem to be favorable words. In both cases, the words are used with positive meaning and deal with luxury- whether it is something luxurious or a luxurious position.