Execrate vs Loathe - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between execrate and loathe

is that execrate is to feel loathing for; abhor while loathe is to hate, detest, revile.

(en-verb)

To feel loathing for; abhor.

To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; denounce.

(archaic) To invoke a curse.

* execrable * execration * execrative * execratory

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To hate, detest, revile.

I loathe scrubbing toilets.

I absolutely loathe hydrangeas.

* Cowley

Loathing the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for bread.

* (English Citations of "loathe")

Sometimes confused with the similarly-pronounced (loath), a related adjective.

* hate * detest * See also

* loathing * loathsome

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