Difference between Shun and Ostracize

What is the difference between Shun and Ostracize?

Shun as a verb is to avoid, especially persistently. while Ostracize as a verb is to exclude someone from society or from a community, by not communicating with or even noticing them, similar to shunning.

Shun

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To avoid, especially persistently. To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc). To screen, hide. To shove, push.

Example sentence: To shun one's cross is to make it heavier.

Ostracize

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To exclude someone from society or from a community, by not communicating with or even noticing them, similar to shunning.

We hope you now know whether to use Shun or Ostracize in your sentence.

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