Discredit vs Denigrate - What's the difference?
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To harm the good reputation of a person; to cause an idea or piece of evidence to seem false or unreliable.
The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved.
A degree of dishonour or disesteem; ill repute; reproach.
* Rogers
To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.
(rare) To blacken.
In transitive terms the difference between discredit and denigrate
is that discredit is to harm the good reputation of a person; to cause an idea or piece of evidence to seem false or unreliable while denigrate is to treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.As a noun discredit
is the act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved.discredit
English
Verb
(en verb)- The candidate tried to discredit his opponent.
- The evidence would tend to discredit such a theory.
Synonyms
* demean, disgrace, dishonour, disprove, invalidate, tell againstDerived terms
* discreditorNoun
(-)- Later accounts have brought the story into discredit .
- It is the duty of every Christian to be concerned for the reputation or discredit his life may bring on his profession.