slander vs smear

slander

noun
  • A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement. 

  • A collection of humorous videos intended to poke fun at a certain group of people, such as a community or nation 

verb
  • To utter a slanderous statement about; baselessly speak ill of. 

  • To poke fun at a certain group of people 

smear

noun
  • A false or unsupported, malicious statement intended to injure a person's reputation. 

  • A Pap smear (screening test for cervical cancer). 

  • Any of various forms of distortion that make a signal harder to see or hear. 

  • A mark made by smearing. 

  • A rough glissando in jazz music. 

  • A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact 

  • A preparation to be examined under a microscope, made by spreading a thin layer of a substance (such as blood, bacterial culture) on a slide. 

verb
  • To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions. 

  • To become messy or not clear by being spread. 

  • To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing. 

  • To make something dirty. 

  • To cause (something) to be messy or not clear by rubbing and spreading it. 

  • To cause (something) to be a particular colour by covering with a substance. 

  • To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall. 

  • To cover (a surface with a layer of some substance) by rubbing. 

  • To rub (a body part, etc.) across a surface. 

  • To write or draw (something) by spreading a substance on a surface. 

  • (of a substance, etc.) To make a surface dirty by covering it. 

  • To attempt to remove (a substance) from a surface by rubbing. 

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