Difference between Belittle and Derogate

BELITTLE vs DEROGATE: NOUN

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

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

To lessen; to detract from; to disparage; to depreciate; -- said of a person or thing.
To annul in part; to repeal partly; to restrict; to limit the action of; -- said of a law.

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

Lessened in extent, estimation, character, etc.; invalidated; degenerate; degraded; damaged.
To destroy or impair the force and effect of; lessen the extent, authority, etc., of.
To detract from; abate; disparage.
To take away; retrench; remove (from).
To take away a part; detract; make an improper or injurious abatement: with from.
To fall away in character or conduct; degenerate.
Synonyms Depreciate, Derogate from, etc. See decry.
Cause to seem less serious
Play down

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

Waive, Deviation, Circumvent, Exempt, Abolish, Shirk, Rescind, Undermine, Deviate, Abrogation, Detract, Abrogate, Minimize, Belittle, Denigrate

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

Differ, Abscond, Impair, Waive, Deviation, Circumvent, Exempt, Rescind, Undermine, Deviate, Detract, Abrogate, Minimize, Belittle, Denigrate

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.

CISG a sensible regime not to derogate from or opt out.
Annex shall derogate from the specific rights and obligations thereunder.
For thisreason, States rarely formally derogate from their humanrights obligations.
So, Article 31 does not derogate the rights of citizens.
Those rules and conditions may derogate from general tort law.
Thus, in principle, no government may derogate from this procedure.
When can States derogate from the Human Rights Convention?
Decentralisation songbirds poached mobilises flicking jumpsuit crueler derogate jewellery.
Member State can derogate from certain general provisions.
Directive, parties may not derogate from certain requirements.