Deflection vs Detraction - What's the difference?
deflection | detraction |
The act of deflecting or something deflected.
* 1918 , H. G. Wells, Joan and Peter
The deviation of a needle or other indicator from its previous position.
The act of detracting something, or something detracted.
A derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander.
* (Isaac Barrow)
(Roman Catholic Church ) The act of revealing previously unknown faults of another person to a third person.
As nouns the difference between deflection and detraction
is that deflection is the act of deflecting or something deflected while detraction is the act of detracting something, or something detracted.deflection
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(wikipedia deflection)Alternative forms
* deflexion (British)Noun
(en noun)- The next morning Oswald stopped short in the middle of his shaving, which in his case involved the most tortuous deflections and grimacings.
detraction
English
Noun
(wikipedia detraction)- If indeed we consider all the frivolous and petulant discourse, the impertinent chattings, the rash censures, the spiteful detractions which are so rife in the world