The difference between Blame and Hold to account

When used as verbs, blame means to censure (someone or something), whereas hold to account means to require a person to explain or to accept responsibility for his or her actions.


Blame is also noun with the meaning: censure.

check bellow for the other definitions of Blame and Hold to account

  1. Blame as a noun:

    Censure.

    Examples:

    "Blame came from all directions."

  2. Blame as a noun:

    Culpability for something negative or undesirable.

    Examples:

    "The blame for starting the fire lies with the arsonist."

  3. Blame as a noun:

    Responsibility for something meriting censure.

    Examples:

    "They accepted the blame, but it was an accident."

  4. Blame as a noun (computing):

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

  1. Blame as a verb:

    To censure (someone or something); to criticize.

  2. Blame as a verb (obsolete):

    To bring into disrepute.

  3. 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."

  1. Hold to account as a verb (transitive):

    To require a person to explain or to accept responsibility for his or her actions; to blame or punish someone for what has occurred.