denigrating vs denigrative

denigrating and denigrative both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, denigrating and denigrative are synonyms defined as:

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

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

denigrating (adjective)	denigrative (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