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denunciation vs execration

execration vs denunciation

denunciation and execration both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
denunciation Yes No No No
execration Yes No No No
As nouns, execration is a hyponym of denunciation; that is, execration is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than denunciation:
  • denunciation: a public act of denouncing
  • execration: an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
Other hyponyms of denunciation include excoriation, diatribe, fulmination, broadside, philippic, tirade, damnation, condemnation, curse.
denunciation (noun) execration (noun)
a public act of denouncing the object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated
an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
hate coupled with disgust
Difference between denunciation and execration

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