Derogative vs Defamatory - What's the difference?
derogative | defamatory |
Disparaging, tending or intending to be belittling.
Of or pertaining to derogation; that derogates
(lb) A derogatory word or word-form.
* 1870 , Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society , volume 2, page 24:
As adjectives the difference between derogative and defamatory
is that derogative is disparaging, tending or intending to be belittling while defamatory is damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue.As a noun derogative
is (lb) a derogatory word or word-form.derogative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* derogatoryNoun
(en noun)- (interposing s , the characteristic of diminutives and derogatives )