Derisive vs Indigenous - What's the difference?
derisive | indigenous |
Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.
Deserving or provoking derision or ridicule.
(chiefly, of living things) Born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.
* 1862 , , "Wild Apples: The History of the Apple Tree":
Innate, inborn.
* 1852 , , Uncle Tom's Cabin , ch. 18:
* 1883 , , "Stephen Archer" in Stephen Archer and Other Tales :
As adjectives the difference between derisive and indigenous
is that derisive is expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing while indigenous is (chiefly|of living things) born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.derisive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The critic's review of the film was derisive .
- The plot of the film was so derisive that the audience began to jeer.
Synonyms
* (expressing or characterized by derision) mocking, ridiculing, scornful, disdainful * (deserving or provoking derision) ridiculousDerived terms
* derisivelyReferences
*Anagrams
*indigenous
English
Adjective
(-)- Not only the Indian, but many indigenous insects, birds, and quadrupeds, welcomed the apple-tree to these shores.
- She was a native and essential cook, as much as Aunt Chloe,—cooking being an indigenous talent of the African race.
- He had all the tricks of a newspaper boy indigenous in him.