different between mutilation vs detraction

English

Etymology

Latin mutilatio; compare French mutilation.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

mutilation (countable and uncountable, plural mutilations)

1. The act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated.
2. (derogatory) gender transition.

Hyponyms

• female genital mutilation
• male genital mutilation

Related terms

• body modification

Translations

Anagrams

• ultimation

French

Etymology

From Latin mutilatio.

Pronunciation

Noun

mutilation f (plural mutilations)

1. mutilation

Related terms

• mutiler

Further reading

• “mutilation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Old French detraccion, from Latin detractio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??t?æk??n/

  Rhymes: -æk??n

Noun

detraction (countable and uncountable, plural detractions)

1. The act of detracting something, or something detracted; taking away; diminution.
2. 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 […]

3. (Roman Catholic Church) The act of revealing previously unknown faults of another person to a third person.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:slander

Anagrams

• tractioned