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Slender vs Slander - What's the difference?

slender | slander |

As an adjective slender

is thin; slim.

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.

As a verb slander is

to utter a slanderous statement.

slender

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Thin; slim.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
  • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=3 citation , passage=Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.}}
  • (Gaelic languages)  Palatalized.
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    * (palatalized) (l) * See also

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    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.
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    Verb

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

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

    See also

    * defamation

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