denigrating vs slanderous

denigrating and slanderous both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, denigrating and slanderous are synonyms defined as:

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

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

denigrating (adjective)	slanderous (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