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Maltreat vs Vilify - What's the difference?

maltreat | vilify | Related terms |

Maltreat is a related term of vilify.


As verbs the difference between maltreat and vilify

is that maltreat is to treat badly, to abuse while vilify is to say defamatory things about someone or something.

maltreat

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To treat badly, to abuse.
  • *1977 , (Alistair Horne), A Savage War of Peace , New York Review Books 2006, p. 217:
  • *:he received a telegram from the prime minister ordering that on no account were Yacef and Zohra Drif to be maltreated in any way.

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    vilify

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To say defamatory things about someone or something.
  • To belittle through speech; to put down.

    • Synonyms

    * (say defamatory things about) assail, criticize, decry, denounce, libel, slander * berate * See also

    Related terms

    * vilification * vilifier