different between reviling vs ignominy

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reviling

reviling (plural revilings)

reproach; abuse; vilification
- Neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
- 1825, Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape: An Historical Tale (page 205)
  The written word tells us our duty, and we ought to accomplish in solemn silence, but not with revilings and deridings of our pure, holy, and just intentions, the destruction of a race, cursed by divine judgment, […]

Borrowed from French ignominie, from Latin ign?minia, from ig- (“not”) + nomen (“name”) (prefix assimilated form of in-).

ignominy (countable and uncountable, plural ignominies)

Great dishonor, shame, or humiliation.
- a. 1994, Bill Watterson, Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat, Andrews McMeel, ?ISBN, page 168:
  Calvin: Our great plan backfired and I'm the one who got soaked! Oh, the shame! The ignominy!

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