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Belittling vs Humiliating - What's the difference?

belittling | humiliating |

As verbs the difference between belittling and humiliating

is that belittling is present participle of lang=en while humiliating is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun belittling

is belittlement.

As an adjective humiliating is

liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.

belittling

English

Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • belittlement
  • * 1988 , Dennis Marcellino, Sweeping it under the drug (page 123)
    • And usually this manifests as them trying to prove their parent's criticism's and belittlings wrong.

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    humiliating

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.}}

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