The difference between Calumny and Defamation
When used as nouns, calumny means a falsification or misrepresentation intended to disparage or discredit another, whereas defamation means the act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral.
Calumny is also verb with the meaning: to make false accusations or levy false charges against a person with the intent to tarnish that person's reputation or standing.
check bellow for the other definitions of Calumny and Defamation
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Calumny as a noun:
A falsification or misrepresentation intended to disparage or discredit another.
Examples:
"Accusations of abuse were pure extortive calumny in a malicious bid to make money."
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Calumny as a noun:
False accusations or charges brought to tarnish another's reputation or standing.
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Calumny as a verb (transitive, formal):
To make false accusations or levy false charges against a person with the intent to tarnish that person's reputation or standing; to calumniate.
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Defamation as a noun:
The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.