different between detraction vs depreciation

English

From Old French detraccion, from Latin detractio.

detraction (countable and uncountable, plural detractions)

The act of detracting something, or something detracted; taking away; diminution.
A derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander.
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of Industry in General (sermon)
  If indeed we consider all the frivolous and petulant discourse, the impertinent chattings, the rash censures, the spiteful detractions which are so rife in the world […]
(Roman Catholic Church) The act of revealing previously unknown faults of another person to a third person.

From French dépréciation.

depreciation (countable and uncountable, plural depreciations)

The state of being depreciated; disparagement.
The decline in value of assets.
(accounting) The measurement of the decline in value of assets. Not to be confused with impairment, which is the measurement of the unplanned, extraordinary decline in value of assets.

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