Persecution vs Accusation - What's the difference?
persecution | accusation |
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.
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, title=Race Finished
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The act of accusing.
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(legal) A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law.
An allegation.
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
(-)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
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete) accusasiowne * (obsolete) accusacionNoun
(en noun)- [They] set up over his head his accusation - Matthew 27:37