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humiliate vs degrade

degrade vs humiliate

humiliate and degrade both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
humiliate No No Yes No
degrade No No Yes No
As verbs, degrade is a hyponym of humiliate; that is, degrade is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than humiliate:
  • humiliate: cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
  • degrade: reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
Other hyponyms of humiliate include crush, smash, demean, disgrace, put down, take down.
humiliate (verb) degrade (verb)
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
reduce the level of land, as by erosion
reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
Difference between humiliate and degrade

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