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Contemn vs Underrate - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between contemn and underrate

is that contemn is to disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt while underrate is to underestimate; to make too low a rate or estimate.

As a noun underrate is

a price less than the value.

contemn

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (archaic) To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.
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    • Synonyms

    * despise, scorn * See also

    Related terms

    * contemner * contempt * contemptibility * contemptible * contemptibly * contemptuous

    underrate

    English

    Verb

    (underrat)
  • to underestimate; to make too low a rate or estimate

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A price less than the value.
    • to sell a thing at an underrate

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