Harm vs Persecute - What's the difference?
harm | persecute |
Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.
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, title= That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
* (William Shakespeare)
To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death for one's race, sexual identity, adherence to a particular religious creed, or mode of worship.
To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.
As verbs the difference between harm and persecute
is that harm is to cause injury to another; to hurt; to cause damage to something while persecute is to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death for one's race, sexual identity, adherence to a particular religious creed, or mode of worship.As a noun harm
is injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.harm
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(wikipedia harm)Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good.}}
- We, ignorant of ourselves, / Beg often our own harms .
Usage notes
* Adjectives often applied to "harm": bodily, physical, environmental, emotional, financial, serious, irreparable, potential, long-term, short-term, permanent, lasting, material, substantial.Derived terms
* do no harm * harmer * harmless * harm's way * self-harm * unharmedAnagrams
* ----persecute
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Verb
(persecut)- "Do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you." – Matt. 5:44.