denigrating vs calumniatory

denigrating and calumniatory both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
denigrating	No	Yes	No	No
calumniatory	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, denigrating and calumniatory are synonyms defined as:

denigrating and calumniatory: (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign

Other synonyms of denigrating include calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous.

denigrating (adjective)	calumniatory (adjective)
(used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign	(used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign