Harassment vs. Abuse
Difference Between Harassment and Abuse
Harassmentnoun
Persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress.
Abusenoun
Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
All abuse, whether physical, verbal, psychological or sexual, is bad.Harassmentnoun
Deliberate pestering or annoying.
Abusenoun
Misuse; improper use; perversion.
Harassmentnoun
Excessive intimidation.
Abusenoun
(obsolete) A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.
Harassmentnoun
a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented;
so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentorsAbusenoun
Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
Harassmentnoun
the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism
Abusenoun
Catachresis.
Abusenoun
Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
Abusenoun
Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
Abuseverb
(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
He abused his authority.Abuseverb
(transitive) To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
Abuseverb
To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
Abuseverb
(transitive) To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
Abuseverb
To violate; defile; to rape.
Abuseverb
Misrepresent; adulterate.
Abuseverb
To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.
Abuseverb
Disuse.
Abusenoun
cruel or inhumane treatment
Abusenoun
a rude expression intended to offend or hurt;
when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abusethey yelled insults at the visiting teamAbusenoun
improper or excessive use
Abuseverb
treat badly;
This boss abuses his workersShe is always stepping on others to get aheadAbuseverb
change the inherent purpose or function of something;
Don't abuse the systemThe director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workersAbuseverb
use foul or abusive language towards;
The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticketThe angry mother shouted at the teacher
