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Railing vs Disparaging - What's the difference?

railing | disparaging |

As nouns the difference between railing and disparaging

is that railing is a fence or barrier consisting of one or more horizontal rails and vertical supports while disparaging is disparagement.

As verbs the difference between railing and disparaging

is that railing is present participle of lang=en while disparaging is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective disparaging is

insulting, ridiculing.

railing

English

Noun

(wikipedia railing) (en noun)
  • A fence or barrier consisting of one or more horizontal rails and vertical supports.
    • During the war, everyone's railings were taken away to make bombers.

    Derived terms

    * hand railing is in place to provide guidance on stairs or in corridors. * guard railing is in place to prevent accidental falls from an elevated area.

    Usage notes

    British use is normally the plural.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

    *

    disparaging

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Insulting, ridiculing.
    • The candidate made disparaging remarks about his opponent, but they only made him seem small for insulting a worthy adversary.

    Synonyms

    * degrading

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • disparagement
  • * Thomas Hardy
    • I am tracked by phantoms having weird detective ways Men with a wintry sneer, and women with tart disparagings .