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Backbite vs Badmouth - What's the difference?

backbite | badmouth |

In informal|lang=en terms the difference between backbite and badmouth

is that backbite is (informal) to attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks while badmouth is (informal) to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.

As verbs the difference between backbite and badmouth

is that backbite is to make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone while badmouth is (informal) to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.

As a noun backbite

is one who engages in backbiting; a backbiter.

backbite

English

Alternative forms

* back-bite

Verb

  • To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
  • (informal) To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.
  • To speak badly of an absent individual.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * backbiter * backbiting

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter.

    • badmouth

    English

    Alternative forms

    * bad-mouth

    Verb

  • (informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
  • * 1987 August 30, , Theater: England's Endless Love Affair with Farce, New York Times (retrieved 22 July 2013):
    • . . . those cross-Atlantic aficionados who persistently idolize the British theater and bad-mouth Broadway.

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