Difference between Defamatory and Calumnious

DEFAMATORY vs CALUMNIOUS: ADJECTIVE

Possessing the traits of calumny
Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous.
Containing or implying calumny; slanderous or defamatory.
(used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign

Tending to discredit or malign
Containing defamation; calumnious; slanderous; libelous; injurious to reputation: as, defamatory words or writings.

Tending to discredit or malign
Using calumny; containing or implying calumny; injurious to reputation; slanderous: as, “calumnious knave,” ; “calumnious mis-statements,”

Prejudicial, Hurtful, Derogatory, Scurrilous, Untrue, Smear, Denigrative, Calumniatory, Harmful, Libellous, Denigrating, Denigratory, Calumnious, Libelous, Slanderous

Deceitful, Vituperative, Hateful, Baseless, Mendacious, Scurrilous, Calumniatory, Denigrative, Harmful, Libellous, Denigratory, Libelous, Denigrating, Defamatory, Slanderous

Prejudicial, Hurtful, Derogatory, Scurrilous, Untrue, Smear, Denigrative, Calumniatory, Harmful, Libellous, Denigrating, Denigratory, Calumnious, Libelous, Slanderous

Deceitful, Vituperative, Hateful, Baseless, Mendacious, Scurrilous, Denigrative, Calumniatory, Harmful, Libellous, Denigratory, Libelous, Denigrating, Defamatory, Slanderous

In this case, Lindsay made a defamatory statement.
True information cannot qualify as scandalous or defamatory.
Licensed content shall not be used for any defamatory, pornographic, or obscene purposes or incorporated in any defamatory, pornographic or obscene content.
INSULTING, DEFAMATORY, OR OBSCENE LANGUAGEMembers of the department shall not use insulting, defamatory or obscenelanguage in the performance of their duties.
Fischer made defamatory statements was not inadmissible hearsay, and the evidence indicating Benedict made defamatory statements sufficiently supported the allegations in her complaint.
To contrast, an imputation should contain the defamatory meaning, not purely the consequence of the defamatory meaning.
Libel involves written defamatory statements, while slander involves defamatory statements that are spoken aloud.
The plaintiff must plead and prove injury from the alleged defamatory words, whether their defamatory meaning be obvious or not.
In effect, the defamatory statement once proved and shown to be potentially defamatory, is presumed untrue, until otherwise proved.
There is nothing defamatory about this statementcertainly nothing defamatory of Plaintiff in particular.

But when did a calumnious report ever fall to the ground in Spain by the weight of its own absurdity?