Discredited vs Discreditable - What's the difference?
discredited | discreditable |
(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
As a verb discredited
is past tense of discredit.As an adjective discreditable is
able to be discredited.discredited
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Verb
(head)discredit
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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.