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Cheapen vs Decry - What's the difference?

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Cheapen is a related term of decry.


In lang=en terms the difference between cheapen and decry

is that cheapen is to become cheaper while decry is to blame for ills.

As verbs the difference between cheapen and decry

is that cheapen is to decrease the value of; to make cheap while decry is to denounce as harmful.

cheapen

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • to decrease the value of; to make cheap
  • to make vulgar
  • to become cheaper
  • (obsolete) to bargain for, ask the price of.

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    decry

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To denounce as harmful.
  • * 1970 , Alvin Toffler, Future Shock'', ''Bantam Books , pg. 99:
    • All of us seem to need some totalistic relationships in our lives. But to decry the fact that we cannot have only such relationships is nonsense.
  • * 1970 , Alvin Toffler, Future Shock'', ''Bantam Books , pg. 474:
    • While decrying bureaucracy and demanding participatory democracy they, themselves, frequently attempt to manipulate the very group of workers, blacks or students on whose behalf they demand participation.
  • To blame for ills.

    • References

    * Chambers's Etymological Dictionary , 1896, p. 114 * * *

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