Discredited vs Challenged - What's the difference?
discredited | challenged |
(discredit)
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
(challenge)
Lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives.
Used following adverbs to make jocular adjectives in imitation of and mocking politically correct adjectives of this kind, as "X''-challenged" = "lacking ''X ".
As verbs the difference between discredited and challenged
is that discredited is (discredit) while challenged is (challenge).As an adjective challenged is
lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives.discredited
English
Verb
(head)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.
Synonyms
* (degree of dishonour) demeritchallenged
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- mentally challenged
- vertically challenged
