Deplore vs Contemn - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between deplore and contemn

is that deplore is while contemn is (archaic) to disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.

(deplor)

To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.

I deplore my neighbour for having lost his job.

The UNHCR deplores the recent events in Sudan.

I deplore not having listened to your advice.

To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.

I deplore how you treated him at the party.

Many people deplore the actions of a corrupt government.

(obsolete) To regard as hopeless; to give up.

(Francis Bacon)

* bewail * condemn

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(en verb)

(archaic) To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.

* despise, scorn * See also