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Execrate vs Excoriate - What's the difference?

execrate | excoriate |

As verbs the difference between execrate and excoriate

is that execrate is to feel loathing for; abhor while excoriate is to wear off the skin of; to chafe or flay.

execrate

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To feel loathing for; abhor.
  • To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; denounce.
  • (archaic) To invoke a curse.

    • Derived terms

    * execrable * execration * execrative * execratory

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    excoriate

    English

    Verb

    (excoriat)
  • To wear off the skin of; to chafe or flay.
  • To strongly denounce or censure.
  • * 2004 , , Iron Council , 2005 Trade paperback ed., ISBN 0-345-45842-7. p. 464:
    • Madeleina di Farja had described Ori, and Cutter had envisaged an angry, frantic, pugnacious boy eager to fight, excoriating his comrades for supposed quiescence.
  • * 2006 , Patrick Healy " Spitzer and Clinton Win in N.Y. Primary," New York Times , 13 Sep. (retrieved 7 Oct. 2008):
    • Mr. Green, a former city public advocate and candidate for mayor in 2001, ran ads excoriating Mr. Cuomo’s ethics.

    Synonyms

    * (to wear off the skin of) abrade, chafe, flay * (to strongly denounce or censure) condemn, disparage, reprobate, tear a strip off

    Derived terms

    * excoriator * excoriation

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