Difference between Oppress and Persecute
What is the difference between Oppress and Persecute?
Oppress as a verb is to keep down by force while Persecute as a verb 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 adherence to a particular religious creed or mode of worship.
Oppress
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To keep down by force
To make sad or gloomy
Persecute
Part of speech: verb
Definition: 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 adherence to a particular religious creed or mode of worship.To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.
We hope you now know whether to use Oppress or Persecute in your sentence.
