Discredited vs Reputation - What's the difference?
discredited | reputation |
(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
What somebody is known for.
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As a verb discredited
is (discredit).As a noun reputation is
reputation.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.
Synonyms
* (degree of dishonour) demeritreputation
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(wikipedia reputation)Noun
(en noun)citation, chapter= , isbn= , publisher=Luft [i.e. Hoochstraten] , location= , editor= , volume_plain= , page=117 , passage=And Balaam (or as the trueth of the hebrewe hath Bileam) doth signifie the people of no reputation / or the vayne people or they that are not counted for people. }}