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Slanderer vs Detractor - What's the difference?

slanderer | detractor |

As nouns the difference between slanderer and detractor

is that slanderer is one who slanders or defames the name or reputation of another person while detractor is a person who belittles the worth of another person or cause.

slanderer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who slanders or defames the name or reputation of another person.

    • detractor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * detractour (qualifier)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who belittles the worth of another person or cause.
  • * 2012 , Tom Lamont, How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world'' (in ''The Daily Telegraph , 15 November 2012)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/nov/15/mumford-sons-biggest-band-world]
    • Four polite Englishmen in their middle 20s, feigning like firewater drunks in a Eugene O'Neill play: it's exactly the stuff that makes their detractors groan.

    Synonyms

    * slanderer * libeler * cynic * mudslinger * defamer

    Antonyms

    * proponent * supporter