Difference between Belittle and Denigrate

BELITTLE vs DENIGRATE: VERB

Belittle
Lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is.
Cause to seem less serious; play down
Express a negative opinion of

Belittle
Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.
To blacken.
Cause to seem less serious; play down

To cause to seem little or smaller than something else.
To represent or speak of as unimportant or contemptible: : disparage.
To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way.

Cause to seem less serious
Play down
To cause to appear small; depreciate; lower in character or importance; speak lightly or disparagingly of.
To make small or smaller; reduce in proportion or extent.

Devalue, Underestimate, Smear, Undermine, Malign, Discredit, Downplay, Trivialize, Pick at, Find fault with, Minimize, Derogate, Diminish, Disparage, Denigrate

Undermine, Discredit, Vilify, Disparage, Asperse, Calumniate, Smirch, Minimize, Derogate, Slander, Smear, Sully, Defame, Besmirch, Belittle

Overlook, Devalue, Underestimate, Smear, Undermine, Malign, Discredit, Downplay, Trivialize, Pick at, Minimize, Derogate, Diminish, Disparage, Denigrate

Diminish, Devalue, Blacken, Undermine, Discredit, Vilify, Disparage, Smirch, Minimize, Derogate, Slander, Smear, Sully, Besmirch, Belittle

Posts that belittle others will not be tolerated.
My point was NOT to belittle your training.
And yet, how can they belittle this Revelation?
Do not belittle other sections of the community.
Do not name call, condescend, or belittle others.
Beard did not belittle the people of America.
Inexperienced negotiators tend to belittle unfamiliar cultural practices.
He just likes to belittle people, especially women.
To belittle, learning rightly used would be to belittle the food we eat and the air we breathe.
We who have yet a little span of life left had better belittle ourselves than to belittle those who have gone before us.