Persecution vs. Tribulation

Persecutionnoun

The act of persecuting.

Tribulationnoun

Any adversity; a trying period or event.

Persecutionnoun

A program or campaign to subjugate or eliminate a specific group of people, often based on race, religion, sexuality, or social beliefs.

Tribulationnoun

That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe affliction.

‘When tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.’; ‘In the world ye shall have tribulation.’;

Persecutionnoun

The act or practice of persecuting; especially, the infliction of loss, pain, or death for adherence to a particular creed or mode of worship.

‘Persecution produces no sincere conviction.’;

Tribulationnoun

an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event;

‘his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him’; ‘life is full of tribulations’; ‘a visitation of the plague’;

Persecutionnoun

The state or condition of being persecuted.

Persecutionnoun

A carrying on; prosecution.

Persecutionnoun

the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)

Persecution

Persecution is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another individual or group. The most common forms are religious persecution, racism and political persecution, though there is naturally some overlap between these terms.