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BMO Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Vilify & revile

Any difference between these two words in meaning and usage?

Thanks.

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Vilify involves deliberate and open defaming or degrading. Revile involves gross verbal abuse, more spontaneous than calculated. CJ

— CalifJim

  • Vilify involves deliberate and open defaming or degrading.
  • Revile involves gross verbal abuse, more spontaneous than calculated.
  • CJ
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Vilify involves deliberate and open defaming or degrading.
Revile involves gross verbal abuse, more spontaneous than calculated.

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