different between slander vs islander

English

Alternative forms

• slandre (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English slaundre, sclaundre, from Old French esclandre, from Ecclesiastical Latin scandalum (“stumbling block, temptation”), from Ancient Greek ????????? (skándalon, “scandal”). Doublet of scandal.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sl??nd?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?slænd?/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /sl??nd?/

Noun

slander (countable and uncountable, plural slanders)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:slander

Antonyms

• glorification (falsely praising statement)

Translations

Verb

slander (third-person singular simple present slanders, present participle slandering, simple past and past participle slandered)

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

Synonyms

• defame
• libel (always in writing)
• See also Thesaurus:defame

Antonyms

• glorify (baselessly speak well of)

Translations

See also

• defamation

Anagrams

• Landers, Lenards, Nadlers, Randles, Sandler, darnels, enlards, landers, relands, slandre, snarled

English

Etymology

From island +? -er. Displaced Middle English insulane (“islander”), from Latin ?nsul?nus (“islander”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?a?l?nd?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?a?l?nd?/

Noun

islander (plural islanders)

1. A person who lives on an island.

Synonyms

• islandman, island-man, island man

Hyponyms

• islandwoman, island-woman, island woman

Related terms

• isle

Translations

Anagrams

• Ladniers, Seriland, Sindelar, linderas, sire-land, sireland