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Discredit vs Humiliation - What's the difference?

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Discredit is a related term of humiliation.


As nouns the difference between discredit and humiliation

is that discredit is disrepute while humiliation is the act of humiliating]] or [[humble#verb|humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.

discredit

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To harm the good reputation of a person; to cause an idea or piece of evidence to seem false or unreliable.
  • The candidate tried to discredit his opponent.
    The evidence would tend to discredit such a theory.

    Synonyms

    * demean, disgrace, dishonour, disprove, invalidate, tell against

    Derived terms

    * discreditor

    Noun

    (-)
  • The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved.
  • Later accounts have brought the story into discredit .
  • A degree of dishonour or disesteem; ill repute; reproach.
  • * Rogers
  • It is the duty of every Christian to be concerned for the reputation or discredit his life may bring on his profession.

    Synonyms

    * (degree of dishonour) demerit

    humiliation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of humiliating]] or [[humble#Verb, humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
  • , volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.}}
  • The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.
  • *
  •     One morning Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln were having breakfast when Lincoln did something that aroused the fiery temper of his wife. What, no one remembers now. But Mrs. Lincoln, in a rage, dashed a cup of hot coffee into her husband's face. And she did it in front of the other boarders.
        Saying nothing, Lincoln sat there in humiliation and silence while Mrs. Early came with a wet towel and wiped off his face and clothes.

    Synonyms

    * abasement * dishonor * embarrassment * humbling * shame, shaming