The difference between Accuse and Blame

When used as nouns, accuse means accusation, whereas blame means censure.

When used as verbs, accuse means to find fault with, to blame, to censure, whereas blame means to censure (someone or something).

check bellow for the other definitions of Accuse and Blame

Accuse as a verb (transitive):

To find fault with, to blame, to censure.
Accuse as a verb (transitive):

To charge with having committed a crime or offence.

Examples:

"For the U.S. President to be impeached, he must be accused of a high crime or misdemeanor."
Accuse as a verb (intransitive):

To make an accusation against someone.

Blame as a noun:

Censure.

Examples:

"Blame came from all directions."
Blame as a noun:

Culpability for something negative or undesirable.

Examples:

"The blame for starting the fire lies with the arsonist."
Blame as a noun:

Responsibility for something meriting censure.

Examples:

"They accepted the blame, but it was an accident."
Blame as a noun (computing):

A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code.

Blame as a verb:

To censure (someone or something); to criticize.
Blame as a verb (obsolete):

To bring into disrepute.
Blame as a verb (transitive, usually followed by "for"):

To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame, to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).

Examples:

"The arsonist was blamed for the fire."