Curse vs. Revile — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Curse and Revile
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Curse
A curse (also called an imprecation, malediction, hex, execration, malison, anathema, or commination) is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to one or more persons, a place, or an object. In particular, "curse" may refer to such a wish or pronouncement made effective by a supernatural or spiritual power, such as a god or gods, a spirit, or a natural force, or else as a kind of spell by magic or witchcraft; in the latter sense, a curse can also be called a hex or a jinx.
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Revile
To assail with scornful or abusive language; vituperate.
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Curse
An appeal or prayer for evil or misfortune to befall someone or something.
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Revile
To use scornful or abusive language.
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Curse
Evil or misfortune viewed as resulting from such an appeal
Believed that the amulet would ward off curses.
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Revile
(ambitransitive) To attack (someone) with abusive language.
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Curse
A source or cause of evil; a scourge
“Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race” (William Ewart Gladstone).
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Revile
(obsolete) reproach; reviling
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Curse
A profane word or phrase; a swearword.
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Revile
To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach.
Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again.
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Curse
(Ecclesiastical) A censure, ban, or anathema.
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Revile
Reproach; reviling.
The gracious Judge, without revile, replied.
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Curse
(Offensive) Menstruation. Used with the.
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Revile
Spread negative information about;
The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews
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Curse
To invoke evil or misfortune upon; damn.
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Curse
To swear at
Cursed the car because it wouldn't start.
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Curse
To bring evil upon; afflict
Was cursed with crippling arthritis.
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Curse
(Ecclesiastical) To put under a ban or anathema; excommunicate.
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Curse
To utter curses; swear.
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Curse
A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
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Curse
A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
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Curse
The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
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Curse
A vulgar epithet.
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Curse
A woman's menses.
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Curse
(transitive) To place a curse upon (a person or object).
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Curse
To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
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Curse
(transitive) To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.
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Curse
(intransitive) To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
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Curse
To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.
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Curse
To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
Thou shalt not . . . curse the ruler of thy people.
Ere sunset I'll make thee curse the deed.
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Curse
To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.
On impious realms and barbarous kings imposeThy plagues, and curse 'em with such sons as those.
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Curse
To utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny with imprecations; to swear.
Then began he to curse and to swear.
His spirits hear me,And yet I need must curse.
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Curse
An invocation of, or prayer for, harm or injury; malediction.
Lady, you know no rules of charity,Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses.
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Curse
Evil pronounced or invoked upon another, solemnly, or in passion; subjection to, or sentence of, divine condemnation.
The priest shall write these curses in a book.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
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Curse
The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance.
All that I eat, or drink, or shall beget,Is propagated curse.
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Curse
Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger;
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Curse
An appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
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Curse
An evil spell;
A witch put a curse on his whole family
He put the whammy on me
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Curse
Something causes misery or death;
The bane of my life
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Curse
A severe affliction
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Curse
Utter obscenities or profanities;
The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street
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Curse
Heap obscenities upon;
The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger
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Curse
Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon;
The bad witch cursed the child
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Curse
Exclude from a church or a religious community;
The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner
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