Profanity vs Blasphemy - What's the difference?
profanity | blasphemy | Synonyms |
(uncountable) The quality of being profane.
(countable) Obscene, lewd or abusive language.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author=
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, title= Irreverence toward something considered sacred or inviolable.
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.
Blasphemy is a synonym of profanity.
As nouns the difference between profanity and blasphemy
is that profanity is the quality of being profane while blasphemy is irreverence toward something considered sacred or inviolable.profanity
English
(wikipedia profanity)Alternative forms
* prophanity (qualifier)Noun
Sam Leith
Where the profound meets the profane, passage=Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity ", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.}}
blasphemy
English
(wikipedia blasphemy)Noun
(blasphemies)- That imam said that drawing the prophet Muhammad is a form of blasphemy .