Difference between denigrate and defame
Definitions
verb
- charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
- cause to seem less serious; play down
Examples
This is not to denigrate their contribution - no doubt they are carrying out their assignments peerlessly.
BEGALA: When you see somebody who is their -- your number-three leader in the Senate go down in -- in a landslide, right, against a guy that I think he kind of denigrated in the campaign, that -- that tells you something.
Taoism, or Tao-kiao, was invented by the disciples of Lao-tze, but the lofty theories of this philosopher have denigrated to the grossest superstitions, alchemy, astrology, and a worship of a pantheon of idols, the highest of which is Yu-hwang Shang-ti; the chief of the Taoists resides at Lung-hu-shan (Kiang-si); most of the hierarchy are extremely ignorant.
Definitions
verb
- charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
Examples
Majesty defamed, the honour of Parliament depraved, the writings of both depravedly, anticipatively, counterfeitly imprinted; complaints may seem ridiculous in private persons; and men of my condition may be as incapable of affronts, as hopeless of their reparations.
The journalists have defamed me!
Finallie there come togither a knot of Péeres & Noble men, [Like maister, like seruants.] like to their king and maister, accustomed to robberies, enriched with rapines, embrued with manslaughters, & defamed with periurie.
