The difference between Demean and Run down
When used as verbs, demean means to debase, whereas run down means to hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.
Demean is also noun with the meaning: management.
check bellow for the other definitions of Demean and Run down
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Demean as a verb:
To debase; to lower; to degrade.
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Demean as a verb:
To humble, humble oneself; to humiliate.
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Demean as a verb:
To mortify.
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Demean as a verb:
To manage; to conduct; to treat.
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Demean as a verb:
To conduct; to behave; to comport; followed by the reflexive pronoun.
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Demean as a noun (archaic):
Management; treatment.
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Demean as a noun (archaic):
Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor.
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Demean as a noun:
demesne.
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Demean as a noun:
resources; means.
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Run down as a verb (transitive):
To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.
Examples:
"He was run down while crossing the main road."
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Run down as a verb (transitive):
To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly.
Examples:
"Whatever the company says, the media is going to run them down."
"My sister is always running me down in front of my friends."
"Don't run yourself down so much!"
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Run down as a verb (transitive):
To find something or someone after searching for a long time.
Examples:
"I finally managed to run down that report. I had filed it incorrectly."
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Run down as a verb (transitive, intransitive):
To lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device.
Examples:
"You need to wind up the clock every day so that it doesn't run down."
"If you don't switch off the car lights, you will run the battery down."
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Run down as a verb (transitive):
To read quickly a list or other short text.
Examples:
"Running down the list of suggestions, I can see three we can discard immediately."
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Run down as a verb (British, transitive):
To reduce the size or stock levels of a business, often with a view to closure.
Examples:
"The board of directors have decided to run down the stocks held in storage prior to offering the company for sale."
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Run down as a verb:
To decline in condition.
Examples:
"to run down in health"
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Run down as a verb (hunting):
To chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted.
Examples:
"to run down a stag"
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Run down as a verb (nautical):
To run against and sink, as a vessel.
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Run down as a verb:
To crush; to overthrow; to overbear.