smear vs drag through the mud

drag through the mud vs smear

smear is a noun but drag through the mud is not a noun.

smear and drag through the mud both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
smear	Yes	No	Yes	No
drag through the mud	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, drag through the mud is a hyponym of smear; that is, drag through the mud is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than smear:

smear: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
drag through the mud: speak unfavorably about

Other hyponyms of smear include assassinate, libel, badmouth, malign, traduce.

smear (noun)	drag through the mud (noun)
an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
a blemish made by dirt
a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
slanderous defamation

smear (verb)	drag through the mud (verb)
charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone	speak unfavorably about
make a smudge on; soil by smudging
stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it

Difference between smear and drag through the mud

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