Invective vs Excoriate - What's the difference?
invective | excoriate |
An expression which inveighs or rails against a person.
A severe or violent censure or reproach.
Something spoken or written, intended to cast opprobrium, censure, or reproach on another.
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A harsh or reproachful accusation.
Characterized by invection or railing.
To wear off the skin of; to chafe or flay.
To strongly denounce or censure.
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As verbs the difference between invective and excoriate
is that invective is while excoriate is to wear off the skin of; to chafe or flay.invective
English
Noun
(en noun)- Politics can raise invective to a low art.
Adjective
(en adjective)- Tom's speeches became diatribes — each more invective than the last.
Synonyms
* (characterized by invection or railing) abusive, critical, denunciatory, satirical, vitriolic, vituperative (Webster 1913) ----excoriate
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Verb
(excoriat)- Madeleina di Farja had described Ori, and Cutter had envisaged an angry, frantic, pugnacious boy eager to fight, excoriating his comrades for supposed quiescence.
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.
