Degrade, demote, reduce, declass, disrate mean to lower in station, rank, or grade.
Category: Synonyms
Deform vs Distort vs Contort vs Warp
Deform, distort, contort, warp mean to mar or spoil a person’s or thing’s appearance, character, true nature, or development by or as if by twisting.
Definite vs Definitive
Definite, definitive are sometimes confused.
Deficient vs Defective
Deficient, defective mean showing lack of something necessary. The words are sometimes used interchangeably though they tend to diverge in their meanings.
Defer vs Postpone vs Intermit vs Suspend vs Stay
Defer, postpone, intermit, suspend, stay mean to cause a delay in an action, activity, or proceeding.
Defend vs Protect vs Shield vs Guard vs Safeguard
Defend, protect, shield, guard, safeguard mean to keep secure from danger or against attack.
Defection vs Desertion vs Apostasy
Defection, desertion, apostasy mean an abandonment that involves the breaking of a moral or legal bond or tie and that is highly culpable from the point of view of the person, cause, or party abandoned.
Deface vs Disfigure
Deface, disfigure mean to mar the appearance of a thing.
Deep vs Profound vs Abysmal
Deep and profound denote extended either downward from a surface or, less often, backward or inward from a front or outer part.
Deduction vs Induction
Deduction, induction and their corresponding adjectives deductive, inductive are comparable as used in logic to designate forms of reasoning.
Deduction vs Abatement vs Rebate vs Discount
Deduction, abatement, rebate, discount are comparable when they mean an amount subtracted from a gross sum.
Deduct vs Subtract
Deduct, subtract mean to take away one quantity from another.