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Degrade vs Belittling - What's the difference?

degrade | belittling |

As verbs the difference between degrade and belittling

is that degrade is while belittling is .

As a noun belittling is

belittlement.

degrade

English

Verb

(degrad)
  • To lower in value or social position.
    • Fred degrades himself by his behaviour.
  • * Palfrey
    • Prynne was sentenced by the Star Chamber Court to be degraded from the bar.
  • To reduce in quality or purity.
    • The DNA sample has degraded .
  • (geology) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.

    • Derived terms

    * degradation

    belittling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • belittlement
  • * 1988 , Dennis Marcellino, Sweeping it under the drug (page 123)
    • And usually this manifests as them trying to prove their parent's criticism's and belittlings wrong.

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