Derogative vs Pejorative - What's the difference?
derogative | pejorative |
Disparaging, tending or intending to be belittling.
Of or pertaining to derogation; that derogates
(lb) A derogatory word or word-form.
* 1870 , Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society , volume 2, page 24:
As adjectives the difference between derogative and pejorative
is that derogative is disparaging, tending or intending to be belittling while pejorative is disparaging, belittling or derogatory.As nouns the difference between derogative and pejorative
is that derogative is a derogatory word or word-form while pejorative is a disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression.derogative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* derogatoryNoun
(en noun)- (interposing s , the characteristic of diminutives and derogatives )