sully vs traduce

sully and traduce both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sully	No	No	Yes	No
traduce	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, traduce is a hyponym of sully; that is, traduce is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sully:

sully: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
traduce: speak unfavorably about

Other hyponyms of sully include assassinate, libel, badmouth, drag through the mud, malign.

sully (verb)	traduce (verb)
charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone	speak unfavorably about
make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon