slanderous vs defamatory

slanderous and defamatory both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, slanderous and defamatory are synonyms defined as:

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

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

slanderous (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