Defile vs Defame - What's the difference?
defile | defame |
to make impure; to make dirty.
A narrow way or passage, e.g. between mountains.
A single file, such as of soldiers.
The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior.
(archaic) To march in a single file.
* 1979 , Cormac McCarthy, Suttree , Random House, p.138:
march-past
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 a noun defile
is fashion show.As a verb defame is
to harm or diminish the reputation of.defile
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
(defil)Synonyms
* contaminate * polluteAntonyms
* purifyEtymology 2
Earlier (defilee), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)See also
* glenVerb
(defil)- They defiled down a gully to the water and bunched and jerked their noses at it and came back.
Noun
Declension
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*defame
English
Verb
(defam)- to defame somebody
- My guilt thy growing virtues did defame ; / My blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name.