Difference between Defamatory and Denigrating

What is the difference between Defamatory and Denigrating?

Defamatory as an adjective is damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue while Denigrating as a verb is to criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.

Defamatory

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue

Denigrating

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.

We hope you now know whether to use Defamatory or Denigrating in your sentence.

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