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execration vs imprecation

imprecation vs execration

execration and imprecation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
execration Yes No No No
imprecation Yes No No No
As nouns, imprecation is a hyponym of execration; that is, imprecation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than execration:
  • execration: an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
  • imprecation: the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)
Other hyponyms of execration include anathema, malediction.
execration (noun) imprecation (noun)
the object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)
an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group a slanderous accusation
hate coupled with disgust
Difference between execration and imprecation

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