Blasphemous vs Abusive - What's the difference?
blasphemous | abusive |
Lacking piety or respect for the sacred. Resembling blasphemy.
Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal.
* I am ... necessitated to use the word Parliament improperly, according to the abusive acceptation thereof. - Fuller
(archaic) Catachrestic.
(archaic) Full of abuses; practicing abuse; containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse.
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Prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.
* An abusive lampoon. - A dictionary of the English language
(obsolete) Tending to deceive; fraudulent.
* An abusive treaty. -
(archaic) Given to misusing; also, full of abuses.
* The abusive prerogatives of his see. -
(obsolete) Given to misusing.
Being physically injurious; characterized by repeated violence.
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As adjectives the difference between blasphemous and abusive
is that blasphemous is lacking piety or respect for the sacred resembling blasphemy while abusive is wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal .blasphemous
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Adjective
(en adjective)- His taking the name of God in vain was considered blasphemous .
