Invective vs Pejorative - What's the difference?
invective | pejorative |
An expression which inveighs or rails against a person.
A severe or violent censure or reproach.
Something spoken or written, intended to cast opprobrium, censure, or reproach on another.
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A harsh or reproachful accusation.
Characterized by invection or railing.
As nouns the difference between invective and pejorative
is that invective is an expression which inveighs or rails against a person while pejorative is a disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression.As adjectives the difference between invective and pejorative
is that invective is characterized by invection or railing while pejorative is disparaging, belittling or derogatory.invective
English
Noun
(en noun)- Politics can raise invective to a low art.
Adjective
(en adjective)- Tom's speeches became diatribes — each more invective than the last.
