{"id":51632,"date":"2026-03-06T21:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T21:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=51632"},"modified":"2026-03-06T21:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T21:02:12","slug":"english-vocabulary-abase-vs-debase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/english-vocabulary-abase-vs-debase\/","title":{"rendered":"English: vocabulary: abase vs debase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Self-tutoring about English: the tutor mentions the difference between abase and debase.<\/h2>\n<p>\nThe following is according to my understanding.<\/p>\n<p>\nIt seems one hears &#8220;debase&#8221; more than &#8220;abase.&#8221; Here is a comparison of their meanings:<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: ivory; background-color:purple; font-family: monospace; padding-left:2em;\">\n<h2 style=\"color: inherit\">Debase:<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size: 110%\">\nTo reduce in value; to corrupt.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: ivory; font-family: monospace; background-color:violet; padding-left:2em;\">\n<h2 style=\"color: inherit\">Abase:<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size:110%\">\nTo humble or humiliate.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<p>\nInteresting, eh?<\/p>\n<p>Source:<\/p>\n<p>Mish, F. C. (editor), 2004. <em>The Merriam-Webster Dictionary.<\/em> Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.<\/p>\n<p>\nGilmour, L. (editor), 2006. <em>Collins Essential Canadian English Dictionary and Thesaurus.<\/em> HarperCollins Publishers Limited.<\/p>\nJack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\">Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self-tutoring about English: the tutor mentions the difference between abase and debase. The following is according to my understanding. It seems one hears &#8220;debase&#8221; more than &#8220;abase.&#8221; Here is a comparison of their meanings: Debase: To reduce in value; to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/english-vocabulary-abase-vs-debase\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">English: vocabulary: abase vs debase<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2825],"tags":[4117,4116,4118],"class_list":["post-51632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vocabulary","tag-abase-meaning","tag-debase-meaning","tag-what-is-the-difference-between-abase-and-debase"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51632"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51648,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51632\/revisions\/51648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}