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Piety vs Blasphemy - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between piety and blasphemy

is that piety is (uncountable) reverence and devotion to god while blasphemy is irreverence toward something considered sacred or inviolable.

piety

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) reverence and devotion to God
  • Colleen's piety led her to make sacrifices that most people would not have made.
  • (uncountable) similar reverence to one's parents and family
  • (countable) a devout act or thought
  • Derived terms

    * filial piety

    blasphemy

    Noun

    (blasphemies)
  • Irreverence toward something considered sacred or inviolable.
  • That imam said that drawing the prophet Muhammad is a form of blasphemy .
  • The act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for any religion's deity or deities.
  • The act of claiming the attributes of a deity.
  • Synonyms

    * (irreverent language) cursing]], cussing, execration, imprecation, profanity, [[swear, swearing * (unholy act) profanation, desecration, sacrilege, violation

    Antonyms

    * reverence, veneration, worship, adoration

    Derived terms

    * blasphemous * blasphemously * blasphemousness