Decry vs Denigrate - What's the difference?
decry | denigrate |
To denounce as harmful.
* 1970 , Alvin Toffler, Future Shock'', ''Bantam Books , pg. 99:
* 1970 , Alvin Toffler, Future Shock'', ''Bantam Books , pg. 474:
To blame for ills.
To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.
(rare) To blacken.
In transitive terms the difference between decry and denigrate
is that decry is to blame for ills while denigrate is to treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.decry
English
Verb
(en-verb)- 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.
- 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.