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Reprobation vs Tarnation - What's the difference?

reprobation | tarnation |

As nouns the difference between reprobation and tarnation

is that reprobation is the act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval or censure while tarnation is the act or process of damnation or reprobation; hell.

reprobation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval or censure.
  • The profligate pretenses upon which he was perpetually soliciting an increase of his disgraceful stipend are mentioned with becoming reprobation . — Jeffrey.
    Set a brand of reprobation on clipped poetry and false coin. — Dryden.
  • (theology) The predestination of a certain number of the human race as reprobates, or objects of condemnation and punishment; damnation.
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    tarnation

    English

    Noun

  • (archaic) The act or process of damnation or reprobation; hell.
  • What in tarnation is going on?

    Usage notes

    This New Englandism has fallen out of use in New England, but is remembered for its colorfulness and is still used in the Southeastern United States as a minced oath, where ‘hell’ or ‘damn’ would otherwise be said, especially in the phrase "what in tarnation". English intensifiers English euphemisms