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Cringing vs Degraded - What's the difference?

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Cringing is a related term of degraded.


As verbs the difference between cringing and degraded

is that cringing is while degraded is (degrade).

As a noun cringing

is act of one who cringes.

As an adjective degraded is

feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.

cringing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Act of one who cringes.
    • the servile bowings and cringings of courtiers

    degraded

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.
    • The Netherlands were reduced practically to a very degraded condition. — Motley.
  • (biology) Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts.
    • Some families of plants are degraded dicotyledons. — Dana.
  • (heraldry) Having steps; said of a cross whose extremities end in steps growing larger as they leave the centre; on degrees.

    • Synonyms

    * humiliated

    Verb

    (head)
  • (degrade)