deprecate vs depreciate
Definitions
verb
- express strong disapproval of; deplore
- belittle
Examples
It was not the words of the ass (for it merely deprecated his beating it), but the miraculous fact of its speaking at all, which withstood Balaam's perversity in desiring to go after God had forbidden him in the first instance.
They deprecated the new exhibit.
Apparently use of the password ahs been "deprecated", or in other words, "discouraged".
Definitions
verb
- lower the value of something
- lose in value
- belittle
Examples
Company computers are depreciated at 50% per year.
Shares continued to depreciate on the stock markets today.
To depreciate ( currency, for example ) by official proclamation or by rumor.
