The difference between Libel and Vilify
When used as verbs, libel means to defame someone, especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel, whereas vilify means to say defamatory things about someone or something.
Libel is also noun with the meaning: a written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
check bellow for the other definitions of Libel and Vilify
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Libel as a noun (countable):
A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
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Libel as a noun (uncountable):
The act or crime of displaying such a statement publicly.
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Libel as a noun (countable):
Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
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Libel as a noun (law, countable):
A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of his cause of action, and of the relief he seeks.
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Libel as a noun (countable):
A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
Examples:
"rfquotek Chaucer"
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Libel as a verb (transitive):
To defame someone, especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.
Examples:
"He libelled her when he published that."
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Libel as a verb (legal):
To proceed against (a ship, goods, etc.) by filing a libel.
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Vilify as a verb (transitive):
To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
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Vilify as a verb (transitive):
To belittle through speech; to put down.