different between vitriolic vs reviling

English

From vitriol +? -ic; or from French vitriolique (cognate with Italian vetriolico, Portuguese vitriolico, Spanish vitriolico).

vitriolic (comparative more vitriolic, superlative most vitriolic)

(chemistry, dated) Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from or resembling vitriol.
Synonym: (obsolete) vitriolous
(figuratively) Bitterly scathing, caustic.

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, […]

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