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Relegate vs Derogate - What's the difference?

relegate | derogate |

In lang=en terms the difference between relegate and derogate

is that relegate is refer or submit while derogate is to act in a manner below oneself; to debase oneself.

In archaic|lang=en terms the difference between relegate and derogate

is that relegate is (archaic) relegated]]; [[exile|exiled while derogate is (archaic) debased.

As verbs the difference between relegate and derogate

is that relegate is exile, banish, remove, or send away while derogate is (obsolete|transitive) to partially repeal (a law etc).

As adjectives the difference between relegate and derogate

is that relegate is (archaic) relegated]]; [[exile|exiled while derogate is (archaic) debased.

As a noun relegate

is a person who has been banished from proximity to rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights.

relegate

English

Etymology 1

First attested in 1561: from (“I dispatch”, “I banish”).

Alternative forms

* (l)

Verb

  • Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
  • # (done to a person) Exile or banish to a particular place.
  • # (reflexive, obsolete, rare) Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere.
  • # (transitive, historical, Ancient Rome, done to a person) Banish from proximity'' to Rome for a set time; compare '' .
  • #* .
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  • # (figuratively) Remove or send to a place far away.
  • (in extended use) Consign or assign.
  • # Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, or (especially) inferiority.
  • # Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification.
  • # (sports, chiefly, soccer) Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.
  • Refer or submit.
  • # Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof.
  • # Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate.
  • # Submit or refer (someone) to'' someone or something else ''for some reason or purpose.
  • Derived terms
    * (l), (l)

    References

    * “ relegate, v.''” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989) * “ relegate, v.''” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary (draft revision, March 2010)

    Etymology 2

    First attested circa 1550: from the Classical (etyl) (“I dispatch”, “I banish”).

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights.
  • References

    * “ †?relegate, n.''” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989) * “ †relegate, n.''” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary (draft revision, December 2009)

    Etymology 3

    First attested circa 1425: from the Classical (etyl) (“I dispatch”, “I banish”).

    Alternative forms

    * (l) * (l)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (archaic) Relegated]]; [[exile, exiled.
  • References

    * “ †relegate, adj.'']” listed in the ''[[w:Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford English Dictionary] (draft revision, June 2010)

    derogate

    English

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To partially repeal (a law etc.).
  • * Sir M. Hale
  • By several contrary customs, many of the civil and canon laws are controlled and derogated .
  • To detract from (something); to disparage, belittle.
  • * 1642 , (John Milton), An Apology for Smectymnuus :
  • I never thought the human frailty of erring in cases of religion, infamy to a state, no more than to a council: it had therefore been neither civil nor christianly, to derogate the honour of the state for that cause [...].
  • * 1999 , Ziva Kunda, Social Cognition , p. 222:
  • When the need for self-affirmation is satisfied through other means, one is less compelled to derogate members of negatively setereotyped groups.
  • * 2001 , Russell Cropanzano, Justice in the Workplace , vol. II, p. 104:
  • Bandura (1990) gave a related example of gas chamber operators in Nazi prison camps, who found it necessary to derogate and dehumanize their victims rather than become overwhelmed by distress.
  • (ambitransitive) To take away (something (from) something else) in a way which leaves it lessened.
  • * Sir T. More
  • Anything that should derogate , minish, or hurt his glory and his name.
  • * Burke
  • It derogates little from his fortitude, while it adds infinitely to the honor of his humanity.
  • To remove a part, to detract (from) (a quality of excellence, authority etc.).
  • * 1857 , , Volume the Second, page 147 (ISBN 1857150570)
  • In doing so she had derogated from her dignity and committed herself.
  • * 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.19:
  • God does not have the attributes of a Christian Providence, for it would derogate from His perfection to think about anything except what is perfect, i.e. Himself.
  • * 1967 , "The undoing of Dodd", Time , 5 Dec 1967:
  • The six-member Committee on Standards and Conduct unanimously recommended that the Senate censure the Connecticut Democrat for behavior that is "contrary to good morals, derogates from the public trust expected of a Senator, and tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute."
  • To act in a manner below oneself; to debase oneself.
  • * c. 1611 , (William Shakespeare), Cymbeline , II.1:
  • CLOTEN. Is it fit I went to look upon him? Is there no derogation in't?
    SECOND LORD. You cannot derogate , my lord.
  • * Hazlitt
  • Would Charles X. derogate from his ancestors? Would he be the degenerate scion of that royal line?

    Usage notes

    The verb form is relatively uncommon, but the related adjective derogatory is common.

    Synonyms

    * decry

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) debased
  • :* 1605', Dry up in her the organs of increase, / And from her '''derogate body never spring / A babe to honour her. — William Shakespeare, ''King Lear I.iv