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Persecution vs Accusation - What's the difference?

persecution | accusation |

As nouns the difference between persecution and accusation

is that persecution is the act of persecuting while accusation is the act of accusing.

persecution

English

Noun

(-)
  • The act of persecuting.
  • A program or campaign to subjugate or eliminate a specific group of people, often based on race, religion, sexuality, or social beliefs.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
  • , author=(Jan Sapp) , title=Race Finished , volume=100, issue=2, page=164 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution . But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?}}

    accusation

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete) accusasiowne * (obsolete) accusacion

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of accusing.
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  • (legal) A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law.
  • [They] set up over his head his accusation - Matthew 27:37
  • An allegation.
  • Synonyms

    * impeachment * crimination * censure * charge

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