scapegoat

As nouns the difference between dupe and scapegoat

is that dupe is while scapegoat is in the mosaic day of atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.

As a verb scapegoat is

to punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of.

As nouns the difference between scapegoat and impunity

is that scapegoat is in the mosaic day of atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed while impunity is (countable|legal) exemption from punishment.

As a verb scapegoat

is to punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of.

As nouns the difference between scapegoat and blame

is that scapegoat is in the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed while blame is censure.

As verbs the difference between scapegoat and blame

is that scapegoat is to punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of while blame is to censure (someone or something); to criticize.

As nouns the difference between scapegoat and victim

is that scapegoat is in the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed while victim is original sense A living creature which is slain and offered as human or animal sacrifice, usually in a religious rite; by extension, the transfigurated body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.

As a verb scapegoat

is to punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of.

In transitive terms the difference between scapegoat and sacrifice

is that scapegoat is to blame something for the problems of a given society without evidence to back up the claim while sacrifice is to trade (a value of higher worth) for one of lesser worth in order to gain something else valued more such as an ally or business relationship or to avoid an even greater loss; to sell without profit to gain something other than money.

In transitive terms the difference between scapegoat and stereotype

is that scapegoat is to blame something for the problems of a given society without evidence to back up the claim while stereotype is to print from a stereotype.

As nouns the difference between scapegoat and witchhunt

is that scapegoat is in the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed while witchhunt is alternative form of witch-hunt.

As a verb scapegoat

is to punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of.

In transitive terms the difference between scapegoat and accuse

is that scapegoat is to blame something for the problems of a given society without evidence to back up the claim while accuse is to charge with having committed a crime or offence.

As nouns the difference between scapegoat and pasty

is that scapegoat is in the mosaic day of atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed while pasty is a small item of clothing that conceals little more than the nipple of a woman's breast, primarily worn by female exotic dancers or pasty can be a type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie, usually of a semicircular or distinctive shape a (savory) hand pie.

As a verb scapegoat

is to punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of.

As an adjective pasty is

like paste, sticky.

Escapegoat is likely misspelled.

Escapegoat has no English definition.

As a noun scapegoat is

in the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.

As a verb scapegoat is

to punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of.