Blasphemy vs Scorn - What's the difference?
blasphemy | scorn |
Irreverence toward something considered sacred or inviolable.
The act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for any religion's deity or deities.
The act of claiming the attributes of a deity.
To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
* C. J. Smith
To scoff, express contempt.
To reject, turn down
To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
(uncountable) Contempt or disdain.
(countable) A display of disdain; a slight.
* Dryden
(countable) An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.
* Bible, Psalms xliv. 13
As nouns the difference between blasphemy and scorn
is that blasphemy is irreverence toward something considered sacred or inviolable while scorn is (uncountable) contempt or disdain.As a verb scorn is
to feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.blasphemy
English
(wikipedia blasphemy)Noun
(blasphemies)- That imam said that drawing the prophet Muhammad is a form of blasphemy .
Synonyms
* (irreverent language) cursing]], cussing, execration, imprecation, profanity, [[swear, swearing * (unholy act) profanation, desecration, sacrilege, violationAntonyms
* reverence, veneration, worship, adorationDerived terms
* blasphemous * blasphemously * blasphemousnessscorn
English
Verb
(en verb)- We scorn what is in itself contemptible or disgraceful.
- He scorned her romantic advances.
- She scorned to show weakness.
Synonyms
* See alsoNoun
- Every sullen frown and bitter scorn / But fanned the fuel that too fast did burn.
- Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.