Undervalue vs Degrade - What's the difference?
undervalue | degrade | Related terms |
To underestimate, or assign too low a value to.
To have too little regard for.
* Atterbury
* Dryden
To lower in value or social position.
* Palfrey
To reduce in quality or purity.
(geology) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.
Undervalue is a related term of degrade.
As verbs the difference between undervalue and degrade
is that undervalue is to underestimate, or assign too low a value to while degrade is .undervalue
English
Verb
- In comparison of it I undervalued all ensigns of authority.
- I write not this with the least intention to undervalue the other parts of poetry.
Synonyms
* (l)degrade
English
Verb
(degrad)- Fred degrades himself by his behaviour.
- Prynne was sentenced by the Star Chamber Court to be degraded from the bar.
- The DNA sample has degraded .