The difference between Demean and Profane
When used as nouns, demean means management, whereas profane means a person or thing that is profane.
When used as verbs, demean means to debase, whereas profane means to violate (something sacred).
Profane is also adjective with the meaning: unclean.
check bellow for the other definitions of Demean and Profane
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Demean as a verb:
To debase; to lower; to degrade.
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Demean as a verb:
To humble, humble oneself; to humiliate.
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Demean as a verb:
To mortify.
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Demean as a verb:
To manage; to conduct; to treat.
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Demean as a verb:
To conduct; to behave; to comport; followed by the reflexive pronoun.
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Demean as a noun (archaic):
Management; treatment.
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Demean as a noun (archaic):
Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor.
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Demean as a noun:
demesne.
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Demean as a noun:
resources; means.
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Profane as an adjective:
Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
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Profane as an adjective:
Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
Examples:
"'profane authors"
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Profane as an adjective:
Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
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Profane as an adjective:
Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain
Examples:
"a profane person, word, oath, or tongue"
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Profane as a noun:
A person or thing that is profane.
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Profane as a noun (freemasonry):
A person not a Mason.
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Profane as a verb (transitive):
To violate (something sacred); to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate
Examples:
"One should not profane the name of God."
"to profane the Scriptures"
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Profane as a verb (transitive):
To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to debase; to abuse; to defile.