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Deprecating vs Degrading - What's the difference?

deprecating | degrading |

As verbs the difference between deprecating and degrading

is that deprecating is while degrading is .

As adjectives the difference between deprecating and degrading

is that deprecating is in manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling while degrading is that degrades.

deprecating

English

Verb

(head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • In manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling.
  • * 1912 , Lucy Maud Montgomery, Chronicles of Avonlea , Chapter I. The Hurrying of Ludovic, 7
  • Theodora, with a deprecating look at Arnold Sherman, took his arm, and Ludovic marched her across the green amid a silence which the very horses tied to the storm fence seemed to share. For Ludovic 'twas a crowded hour of glorious life.
  • :She looked at him with a deprecating smile on her face.
  • :He raised his hand with a deprecating gesture.
  • Derived terms

    * deprecatingly

    degrading

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • that degrades