The difference between Abase and Discredit

When used as verbs, abase means to lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings, whereas discredit means to harm the good reputation of a person.

Discredit is also noun with the meaning: the act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved.

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  1. Abase as a verb (transitive):

    To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.

  2. Abase as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.

    Examples:

    "to abase the eye"

  3. Abase as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.

  1. Discredit as a verb (transitive):

    To harm the good reputation of a person; to cause an idea or piece of evidence to seem false or unreliable.

    Examples:

    "The candidate tried to discredit his opponent."

    "The evidence would tend to discredit such a theory."

  1. Discredit as a noun:

    The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved.

    Examples:

    "Later accounts have brought the story into discredit."

  2. Discredit as a noun:

    A degree of dishonour or disesteem; ill repute; reproach.

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