Degraded vs Debased - What's the difference?
degraded | debased | Related terms |
Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.
(biology) Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts.
(heraldry) Having steps; said of a cross whose extremities end in steps growing larger as they leave the centre; on degrees.
(degrade)
(debase)
To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
(archaic) To lower in position or rank.Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.
To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
Degraded is a related term of debased.
As verbs the difference between degraded and debased
is that degraded is (degrade) while debased is (debase).As an adjective degraded
is feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.degraded
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The Netherlands were reduced practically to a very degraded condition. — Motley.
- Some families of plants are degraded dicotyledons. — Dana.