Difference between Desecrate and Profane

DESECRATE vs PROFANE: NOUN

Not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
Vulgar; coarse.
Not admitted into a body of secret knowledge or ritual; uninitiated.
Nonreligious in subject matter, form, or use; secular.
Marked by contempt or irreverence for what is sacred.
Characterized by profanity or cursing
Not sacred or concerned with religion
Not sacred or holy; not possessing peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; hence, relating to matters other than sacred; secular; -- opposed to sacred, religious, or inspired.
Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy.
Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious.
Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
Not concerned with or devoted to religion
Grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred

To violate the sacredness of; profane.
To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; -- the opposite of consecrate.

To treat with irreverence.
To violate, as anything sacred; to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate; to pollute
To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
To put to an improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse.

To divest of sacred or hallowed character or office; divert from a sacred purpose or appropriation; treat with sacrilege; profane; pollute.

Synonyms Temporal, unhallowed, unholy.
Impious, Atheistic, etc. (see irreligious); irreverent, sacrilegious.
To treat as if not sacred or deserving reverence; violate, as anything sacred; treat with irreverence, impiety, or contempt; pollute; desecrate.
To put to a wrong use; employ basely or unworthily.
To make known; make common: said of something confined to an initiated few.
To speak or behave blasphemously or profanely.
Not initiated into certain religious rites; hence, of less dignity or standing; inferior; common.
Not sacred, or not devoted to sacred purposes; not possessing any peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; secular: as, a profane place; profane history (that is, history other than Biblical); profane authors.
Irreverent toward God or holy things; speaking or spoken, acting or acted, in manifest or implied contempt of sacred things; blasphemous: as, profane language; profane swearing.

Offend, Denigrate, Destroy, Dishonor, Sanctify, Besmirch, Vandalize, Blaspheme, Despoil, Deface, Defile, Deconsecrate, Outrage, Profane, Violate

Unholy, Pervert, Laic, Secularized, Worldly, Debauch, Deprave, Desecrate, Debase, Violate, Dirty, Unhallowed, Sacrilegious, Blasphemous, Irreverent

Offend, Denigrate, Destroy, Dishonor, Sanctify, Besmirch, Vandalize, Blaspheme, Despoil, Deface, Defile, Deconsecrate, Outrage, Profane, Violate

Secular, Unholy, Pervert, Laic, Secularized, Worldly, Debauch, Deprave, Desecrate, Violate, Dirty, Unhallowed, Sacrilegious, Blasphemous, Irreverent

His very touching it seemed to desecrate it.
Suppose I kill just three, and then you have women desecrate the bodies with long knives.
This meant that rabbits too started to eat and desecrate the crops.
Act makes it a criminal offense to desecrate the United States flag.
Jews desecrate the Eucharist or poison wells to kill Christian villagers.
Story robbers desecrate the living narrative of a people.
Detect Magic, Desecrate, and Cause Fear at will.
Desecrate delay slightly to make it more popcorny.
We are afraid someone will desecrate those graves.".
Therefore, to desecrate the Vatican Gardens is to desecrate the SPIRITUAL FOUNDATIONS of the Church of Rome.

Profane, threatening, embarrassing, harassing, bullying or racist material.
Those that were profane, and strangers to God.
Profane, abusive or obscene materials are not allowed.
Profane or sexually explicit submissions are not considered.
The word that best describes them is profane.
Never for any vulgar, profane or earthly goal.
Nothing is profane that serveth to holy things.
What does it mean to profane the covenant?
Profane Language: No person operating a public passenger vehicle shall use any profane or obscene language or disturb the peace in any way.
It would be almost, profane to speak of them in the company of profane men.