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Callous vs Disparaging - What's the difference?

callous | disparaging |

As adjectives the difference between callous and disparaging

is that callous is emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others while disparaging is insulting, ridiculing.

As a verb disparaging is

present participle of lang=en.

As a noun disparaging is

disparagement.

callous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.
    • She was so callous that she could criticise a cancer patient for wearing a wig.
  • Having calluses.

    • Synonyms

    * heartless * insensitive

    disparaging

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Insulting, ridiculing.
    • The candidate made disparaging remarks about his opponent, but they only made him seem small for insulting a worthy adversary.

    Synonyms

    * degrading

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • disparagement
  • * Thomas Hardy
    • I am tracked by phantoms having weird detective ways Men with a wintry sneer, and women with tart disparagings .