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Depreciate vs Cheapen - What's the difference?

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Depreciate is a related term of cheapen.


In lang=en terms the difference between depreciate and cheapen

is that depreciate is to belittle while cheapen is to become cheaper.

As verbs the difference between depreciate and cheapen

is that depreciate is to lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue while cheapen is to decrease the value of; to make cheap.

depreciate

English

Verb

(depreciat)
  • To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue.
  • * (rfdate) Cudworth
    • some over-severe philosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate .
  • * (rfdate) Burke
    • To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself.
  • To decline in value over time.
  • To belittle.

    • Usage notes

    * Do not confuse with deprecate , which means 'to disapprove of'. The meaning of deprecate'' has lately been encroaching on ''depreciate in the sense 'to belittle'.

    Synonyms

    * (reduce in value over time) * (belittle) do down

    Antonyms

    * (reduce in value over time) appreciate * (belittle) aggrandise/aggrandize, big up (slang)

    cheapen

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to decrease the value of; to make cheap
  • to make vulgar
  • to become cheaper
  • (obsolete) to bargain for, ask the price of.

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