Desprecate vs Depreciate - What's the difference?

desprecate

Not English

Desprecate has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'desprecate':

disparage, desparple, desperate, disparate, disperple, disapprove, desipramine, dispersive, desparate, decaborane, dispersible, deazapurine, dispraise, disapparate, decapartite, disprovable, disparple, discoveree, disprepare, disparkle, disprovide, dispurpose, douzepere, doucepere, deaspirate, dispersable

depreciate

English

Verb

(depreciat)

To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue.

* (rfdate) Cudworth

some over-severe philosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate .

* (rfdate) Burke

To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself.

To decline in value over time.

To belittle.

Usage notes

* Do not confuse with deprecate , which means 'to disapprove of'. The meaning of deprecate'' has lately been encroaching on ''depreciate in the sense 'to belittle'.

Synonyms

* (reduce in value over time) * (belittle) do down

Antonyms

* (reduce in value over time) appreciate * (belittle) aggrandise/aggrandize, big up (slang)