Defame vs Stigmatise - What's the difference?
defame | stigmatise | Related terms |
To harm or diminish the reputation of.
To render infamous; to bring into disrepute.
* Dryden
To publish a libel about.
(archaic) To charge; to accuse.
* Rebecca is defamed of sorcery practised on the person of a noble knight.
As verbs the difference between defame and stigmatise
is that defame is to harm or diminish the reputation of while stigmatise is standard spelling of from=non-Oxford British spelling|stigmatize|lang=en.defame
English
Verb
(defam)- to defame somebody
- My guilt thy growing virtues did defame ; / My blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name.
