Innuendo vs Defamation - What's the difference?
innuendo | defamation |
A derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing. An implication or insinuation.
(logic) A rhetorical device with an omitted, but obvious conclusion, made to increase the force of an argument.
Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion.
As nouns the difference between innuendo and defamation
is that innuendo is a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing an implication or insinuation while defamation is act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion.innuendo
English
(wikipedia innuendo)Alternative forms
* (archaic) inuendoNoun
- She made a devious innuendo about her husband, who was embarrassed.
