Degrade vs Degradable - What's the difference?
degrade | degradable |
To lower in value or social position.
* Palfrey
To reduce in quality or purity.
(geology) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.
As a verb degrade
is to lower in value or social position.As an adjective degradable is
able to be chemically or biologically degraded.degrade
English
Verb
(degrad)- Fred degrades himself by his behaviour.
- Prynne was sentenced by the Star Chamber Court to be degraded from the bar.
- The DNA sample has degraded .
