deprecate vs depreciate
Definitions
verb
- express strong disapproval of; deplore
- belittle
Examples
But there is another reason why a war between the two countries is so much to be deprecated, which is, that is must ever be a cruel and an irritating war.
Since the law confers this public right, I deprecate any attempt artificially to restrict its scope.
‘The personality of the critic is much deprecated in our time,’ he wrote in the newspaper.
Definitions
verb
- lower the value of something
- lose in value
- belittle
Examples
Company computers are depreciated at 50% per year.
Shares continued to depreciate on the stock markets today.
To depreciate ( currency, for example ) by official proclamation or by rumor.
