denigrative vs defamatory

denigrative and defamatory both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, denigrative and defamatory are synonyms defined as:

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

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

denigrative (adjective)	defamatory (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