denigrative vs slanderous

denigrative and slanderous both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, denigrative and slanderous are synonyms defined as:

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

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

denigrative (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