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Derision vs Denigrate - What's the difference?

derision | denigrate |

As a noun derision

is derision.

As a verb denigrate is

to criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.

derision

English

Noun

  • Act of treating with disdain.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 15 , author=Felicity Cloake , title=How to cook the perfect nut roast , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=One of the darlings of the early vegetarian movement (particularly in its even sadder form, the cutlet), it was on the menu at John Harvey Kellogg's Battle Creek Sanitarium [sic], and has since become the default Sunday option for vegetarians – and a default source of derision for everyone else.}}
  • * 1969 , , The Godfather :
    • There was just a touch of derision in the Don's voice and Hagen flushed.

    Related terms

    * deride * derider * ridicule * ridiculous * ridiculosity

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    denigrate

    English

    Verb

    (denigrat)
  • To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
  • To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.
  • (rare) To blacken.

    • Derived terms

    * denigration * denigratory