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Detraction vs Slandering - What's the difference?

detraction | slandering |

As nouns the difference between detraction and slandering

is that detraction is the act of detracting something, or something detracted while slandering is the act of committing slander.

As a verb slandering is

present participle of slander.

detraction

English

Noun

(wikipedia detraction)
  • The act of detracting something, or something detracted.
  • A derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander.
  • * (Isaac Barrow)
    • If indeed we consider all the frivolous and petulant discourse, the impertinent chattings, the rash censures, the spiteful detractions which are so rife in the world
  • (Roman Catholic Church ) The act of revealing previously unknown faults of another person to a third person.

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    slandering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of committing slander.
  • * 1862 , William Cobbett, Advice to Young Men, and (incidentally) to Young Women
    • Here are the slanderings , too, going on at home; for, while the husbands are assembled, it would be hard if the wives were not to do the same; and the very least that is to be expected is, that the tea-pot should keep pace with the porter-pot

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