Degradation vs Downgrading - What's the difference?
degradation | downgrading |
The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop.
The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.
Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.
(geology) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc.
A deleterious change in the chemical structure, physical properties or appearance of a material from natural or artificial exposure.
The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole.
The gradual breakdown of components of a material, as a result of a natural element, i.e.: heat, cold and wind.
A downgrade; a reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 11, author=Vikas Bajaj, title=Rate Agencies Move Toward Downgrading Some Mortgage Bonds, work=New York Times
, passage=Financial markets fell sharply on the news of possible downgradings .}}
As nouns the difference between degradation and downgrading
is that degradation is degradation while downgrading is a downgrade; a reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.As a verb downgrading is
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