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Defamatory vs Scornful - What's the difference?

defamatory | scornful |

As adjectives the difference between defamatory and scornful

is that defamatory is damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue while scornful is showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous.

defamatory

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue

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    * defamation

    scornful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous.
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  • *:Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ΒΆ ("I never) understood it," she observed, lightly scornful . "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."