Aspersion vs Vilification - What's the difference?
aspersion | vilification | Synonyms |
An attack on somebody's reputation or good name, often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon… .
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Aspersion is a synonym of vilification.
As nouns the difference between aspersion and vilification
is that aspersion is an attack on somebody's reputation or good name, often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon… while vilification is slanderous or malicious defamation; character assassination.aspersion
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