Difference between Denigrate and Slander

DENIGRATE vs SLANDER: NOUN

Words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
An abusive attack on a person's character or good name
A false and malicious statement or report about someone.
A false, malicious statement (spoken or published), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement
Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written; in modern usage, defamation by words spoken; utterance of false, malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogation of another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation.
Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium.
The fabrication or uttering of such false reports; aspersion; defamation; detraction: as, to be given to slander.
A cause of stumbling or offense; a stumbling-block; offense.
Reproach; disgrace; shame; scandal.
Ill fame; bad name or repute.
A false tale or report maliciously uttered, and intended or tending to injure the good name and reputation of another: as, a wicked and spiteful slander; specifically, in law, oral defamation published without legal excuse (Cooley).

Belittle
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
Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
To utter a slanderous statement

To defame; to injure by maliciously uttering a false report; to tarnish or impair the reputation of by false tales maliciously told or propagated; to calumniate.
To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts.

To be a stumbling-block to; give offense to; offend.
To discredit; disgrace; dishonor.
To speak ill of; defame; calumniate; disparage.
Specifically In law, to utter false and injurious tales or reports regarding; injure or tarnish the good name and reputation of, by false tales maliciously told or propagated. See slander, n., 4, and compare libel.
Synonyms Defame, Calumniate, etc. See asperse.
To reproach; charge: with with.

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

Denigration, Discredit, Vilification, Libel, Smirch, Calumniate, Asperse, Sully, Aspersion, Denigrate, Besmirch, Defame, Calumny, Smear, Defamation

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

Stigmatisation, Fabrication, Insult, Vilify, Slur, Malign, Discredit, Vilification, Libel, Smirch, Sully, Aspersion, Denigrate, Besmirch, Smear

Slander of Title Count VI of the Complaint slander of titleclaim.
Slander Laws: The government used libel and slander laws to suppress criticism of its leaders and institutions.
When you slander them, you slander all Kosovans.
Since slander destroys the honor of a person, while murder kills life, then slander is greater than murder.
Slander, defamation byspoken word, required a showing of special damages unless it fell within one ofthe four slander per se categories.
Slander Laws: Authorities used libel and slander laws to suppress criticism of government officials.
No distinction is to be drawn between slander and slander of title.
Slander is slander, whether it leads to violence or not.
If a judge finds that a statement is to be slander, it will further be classified as slander or slander per se.
Under Wisconsin slander laws, slander that does not fall within one of the above per se categories will be considered slander per quod.