Difference between Besmirch and Smear

BESMIRCH vs SMEAR: NOUN

A spot, blotch, or stain made by, or as if by, some unctuous substanee rubbed upon a surface.
A mark made by smearing; a spot or blot.
A substance to be spread on a surface.
A sample, as of blood or bacterial cells, spread on a slide for microscopic examination or on the surface of a culture medium.
Vilification or slander.
A blemish made by dirt
An act that brings discredit to the person who does it
Slanderous defamation
A thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
A vilifying or slanderous remark.
A Pap smear.
A false attack.
Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain.
A mark made by smearing.
In bacteriology, a preparation of bacteria for microscopical examination made by smearing the organisms upon a slide or cover-glass. Also called spread. See culture.
The soft, semi-fluid mud of calcium sulphate left in the generators when whiting and sulphuric acid were used to produce carbon-dioxid gas in the manufacture of aërated waters.
In pottery, a mixture of glazing materials in water, used for coating articles before they are placed in the saggars of the glazing-furnace.
Fat; grease; ointment.
In sugar manufacturing, the technical term for fermentation.
A fat, oily substance; oinment.

To make dirty; to soil.
To tarnish, especially someone's reputation; to debase.
Smear so as to make dirty or stained
Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

To become spread by smearing.
To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about an individual, their statements, or their actions.
Make a smudge on; soil by smudging
Stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
Cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
To have a substance smeared on (a surface).
To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.

To defeat utterly.
To stain or attempt to destroy the reputation of; vilify.
To cause to be blurry or spread in unwanted places.
To apply by spreading or daubing.
To spread or daub (a surface, for example) with a sticky, greasy, or dirty substance.
To spread easily in an undesired way.

To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub.
To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally.
To smudge, blur, or render indistinct (writing, pictures, etc.).
To vilify (a person); to damage (a person's reputation), especially falsely or by unfair innuendo, and with malicious intent.

Soil by smudging
Make a smudge on
To overspread with ointment; anoint.
To overspread thickly, irregularly, or in blotches with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; besmear; daub.
To overspread too thickly, especially to the violation of good taste; paint, or otherwise adorn with something applied to a surface, in a way that is overdone or tawdry.
To soil; contaminate; pollute.
Synonyms To bedaub, begrime.
To tarnish, sully.
To give a gloss to (pottery or stoneware) without glazing, as by putting a volatile flux or glazing preparation in the kiln or in the saggar with the ware. See smearglaze and smearing.

Demean, Impugn, Blacken, Malign, Discredit, Tar, Tarnish, Calumniate, Smirch, Asperse, Slander, Defame, Denigrate, Smear, Sully

Bedaub, Asperse, Spot, Blur, Daub, Smudge, Blot, Slur, Stain, Vilification, Defame, Sully, Denigrate, Slander, Besmirch

Disparage, Defile, Dishonor, Belittle, Demean, Blacken, Malign, Discredit, Tar, Tarnish, Smirch, Slander, Denigrate, Smear, Sully

Malign, Discredit, Smutch, Smirch, Spot, Blur, Smudge, Blot, Slur, Stain, Vilification, Sully, Denigrate, Slander, Besmirch

Adamson was furious with this, claiming that the writers had added this twist deliberately in order to besmirch Len's memory.
There are skeptic people in this world who like to besmirch the name of some hard working folks.
All who continually besmirch the name of Christ through their ongoing, unrepentant sin should be dealt with appropriately.
In their eyes I was a loose cannon, who could ultimately besmirch the family friendly brand.
These things get around, and unethical practices tend to besmirch even innocent bystanders like yourself.
Besmirch our journalists strive for accuracy but found a penalty area at chelsea got this.
Why do they go out of their way to try and besmirch somebody?
Madsen hold us before the city council and besmirch our very character.
The Name with expletives or other defiling expressions that besmirch its sanctity.
Their efforts to slander and besmirch the President are not over.

Get a Pap smear once every three years.
Pap smear test is a commonly used one.
On a clean sterile microscopic slide, make the smear of the sample culture and heat fix the smear over blue heat.
Ultrasonic instrumentation created a very thin smear layer whereas curettes produced a multilayered smear layer.
If you have an abnormal Pap smear result, your healthcare provider may perform another Pap smear immediately or in a few months.
The steps and requirements for the application of the smear method are as follows: first, smear.
Under SEM observations, most of smear layer and smear plug were dissolved after treatment with primer of Clearfil SE Bond.
Smear performs half of the smear youhave specified by moving, scaling, and rotating the source mask.
And how the GOP smear machine treied to smear her for it?.
This smear was called the primary screening smear.

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What does a positive fungal smear test result mean?
How long should you moisturise before a smear test?
How does bacterial smear and staining work together?
How is bacterial smear preparation used in microbiology?
How is smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) diagnosed?
Why do people smear sheep placenta over themselves?
What personality disorders do smear campaigners have?
How accurate are bone marrow smear and buffy-coat smear microscopy for LD bodies?
Did the Washington Post smear Monica Petersen's death to smear Pizzagate?