Persecute vs. Prosecute

Persecuteverb

To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death for one's race, sexual identity, adherence to a particular religious creed, or mode of worship.

Persecuteverb

To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.

Persecuteverb

To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death, for adherence to a particular religious creed or mode of worship.

Persecuteverb

To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.

Persecuteverb

cause to suffer;

Prosecuteverb

To start criminal proceedings against.

Prosecuteverb

To charge, try.

Prosecuteverb

To seek to obtain by legal process.

Prosecuteverb

(transitive) To pursue something to the end.

Prosecuteverb

To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim.

Prosecuteverb

To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law.

Prosecuteverb

To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot.

Prosecuteverb

To follow after.

Prosecuteverb

To institute and carry on a legal prosecution; as, to prosecute for public offenses.

Prosecuteverb

conduct a prosecution in a court of law

Prosecuteverb

bring a criminal action against (in a trial);

Prosecuteverb

carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in;