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Arrogate vs Slander - What's the difference?

arrogate | slander |

As verbs the difference between arrogate and slander

is that arrogate is to appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right while slander is to utter a slanderous statement.

As a noun slander is

a false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken or published), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.

arrogate

English

Verb

(arrogat)
  • (lb) To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right.
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  • *:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
  • Synonyms

    * (to appropriate for oneself without right) commandeer, expropriate, usurp

    Antonyms

    * abandon * abdicate * relinquish * renounce

    slander

    Alternative forms

    * slandre (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken or published), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To utter a slanderous statement.
  • Synonyms

    * defame * libel (always in writing) * See also

    See also

    * defamation

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