Slander vs. Vilify — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Slander and Vilify
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Slander
The action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation
He is suing the TV company for slander
Vilify
Speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner
He has been vilified in the press
Slander
Make false and damaging statements about (someone)
They were accused of slandering the head of state
Vilify
To attack the reputation of (a person or thing) with strong or abusive criticism.
Slander
(Law) Oral communication of false and malicious statements that damage the reputation of another.
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Vilify
(transitive) To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
Slander
A false and malicious statement or report about someone.
Vilify
(transitive) To belittle through speech; to put down.
Slander
To utter a slander about.
Vilify
To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to disgrace.
When themselves they vilifiedTo serve ungoverned appetite.
Slander
To utter or spread slander.
Vilify
To degrade or debase by report; to defame; to traduce; to calumniate.
Many passions dispose us to depress and vilify the merit of one rising in the esteem of mankind.
Slander
A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.
Vilify
To treat as vile; to despise.
I do vilify your censure.
Slander
(Internet) A collection of humorous videos intended to poke fun at a certain group of people, such as a community or nation
Vilify
Spread negative information about;
The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews
Slander
To utter a slanderous statement about; baselessly speak ill of.
Slander
(Internet) To poke fun at a certain group of people
Slander
A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemination of malicious tales or suggestions to the injury of another.
Whether we speak evil of a man to his face or behind his back; the former way, indeed, seems to be the most generous, but yet is a great fault, and that which we call "reviling;" the latter is more mean and base, and that which we properly call "slander", or "Backbiting."
[We] make the careful magistrateThe mark of slander.
Slander
Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium.
Thou slander of thy mother's heavy womb.
Slander
Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written; in modern usage, defamation by words spoken; utterance of false, malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogation of another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation.
Slander
To defame; to injure by maliciously uttering a false report; to tarnish or impair the reputation of by false tales maliciously told or propagated; to calumniate.
O, do not slander him, for he is kind.
Slander
To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts.
Tax not so bad a voiceTo slander music any more than once.
Slander
Words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
Slander
An abusive attack on a person's character or good name
Slander
Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone;
The journalists have defamed me!
The article in the paper sullied my reputation
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