Accusation vs Slander - What's the difference?
accusation | slander |
The act of accusing.
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(legal) A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law.
An allegation.
A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken or published), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.
As nouns the difference between accusation and slander
is that accusation is the act of accusing while slander is a false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken or published), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.As a verb slander is
to utter a slanderous statement.accusation
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete) accusasiowne * (obsolete) accusacionNoun
(en noun)- [They] set up over his head his accusation - Matthew 27:37