As verbs the difference between debase and deride
is that debase is to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade while deride is .
debase
English
Verb
(debas)
To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
(archaic) To lower in position or rank.[Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.]
To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
Synonyms
* adulterate, degrade, demean
Derived terms
* debased
* debasedness
* debasement
* debaser
* undebased
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deride
English
Verb
(derid)
To harshly mock; ridicule.
Synonyms
* See also
Derived terms
* derider
* deridingly
Related terms
* derision
* derisive
* ridicule
* ridiculous
* ridiculosity
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