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Desecration vs Defilement - What's the difference?

desecration | defilement |

As nouns the difference between desecration and defilement

is that desecration is an act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred while defilement is the unwinding or unreeling of a film.

desecration

English

(wikipedia desecration)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred.

    • Synonyms

    * blasphemy * sacrilege * profanation

    Related terms

    * desecrate

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    defilement

    English

    Noun

  • The act of defiling.
  • The state of being defiled.
  • (military) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side.

    • Synonyms

    * pollution