Condemn vs Prosecute - What's the difference?
condemn | prosecute |
To confer some sort of eternal divine punishment upon.
To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.
To scold sharply; to excoriate the perpetrators of.
To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain
To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.
(legal) To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service.
(legal) To start criminal proceedings against.
* Milton
(legal) To charge, try.
To seek to obtain by legal process.
To pursue something to the end.
* Shakespeare
In lang=en terms the difference between condemn and prosecute
is that condemn is to adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption while prosecute is to pursue something to the end.In legal|lang=en terms the difference between condemn and prosecute
is that condemn is (legal) to declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service while prosecute is (legal) to charge, try.As verbs the difference between condemn and prosecute
is that condemn is to confer some sort of eternal divine punishment upon while prosecute is (legal) to start criminal proceedings against.condemn
English
Verb
(en verb)- The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire.
- The president condemns the terrorist.
- The president condemns the terrorist attacks.
Synonyms
* damn * (to pronounce guilty) convictAntonyms
* save * (to pronounce guilty) acquitExternal links
* * *prosecute
English
Verb
(prosecut)- to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot
- To acquit themselves and prosecute their foes.
- to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law
- to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim
- I am beloved of beauteous Hermia; / Why should not I, then, prosecute my right?