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Deprecating vs Ridiculing - What's the difference?

deprecating | ridiculing |

As verbs the difference between deprecating and ridiculing

is that deprecating is present participle of deprecate while ridiculing is present participle of ridicule.

As adjectives the difference between deprecating and ridiculing

is that deprecating is in manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling while ridiculing is in a manner intended to ridicule.

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

    ridiculing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • In a manner intended to ridicule.

    • Verb

    (head)