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Degrade vs Disgrade - What's the difference?

degrade | disgrade |

As verbs the difference between degrade and disgrade

is that degrade is while disgrade is (obsolete) to degrade.

degrade

English

Verb

(degrad)
  • To lower in value or social position.
  • Fred degrades himself by his behaviour.
  • * Palfrey
  • Prynne was sentenced by the Star Chamber Court to be degraded from the bar.
  • To reduce in quality or purity.
  • The DNA sample has degraded .
  • (geology) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.
  • Derived terms

    * degradation

    disgrade

    English

    Verb

    (disgrad)
  • (obsolete) To degrade.
  • (Foxe)
    (Webster 1913)