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Defamation vs Slandering - What's the difference?

defamation | slandering |

As nouns the difference between defamation and slandering

is that defamation is act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion while slandering is the act of committing slander.

As a verb slandering is

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defamation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion.

    • Synonyms

    * slander * detraction * calumny * aspersion * See also

    Related terms

    * defame * defamatory

    slandering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of committing slander.
  • * 1862 , William Cobbett, Advice to Young Men, and (incidentally) to Young Women
    • Here are the slanderings , too, going on at home; for, while the husbands are assembled, it would be hard if the wives were not to do the same; and the very least that is to be expected is, that the tea-pot should keep pace with the porter-pot

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