2006-08-03 05:24:58 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
absolutely nothing. one just has an extra s and no r.
2006-08-03 05:27:20 · answer #1 · answered by stupid nickname. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically, cursing is to place a "curse" on someone or something, while cussing is using a slang word that most people find either distasteful or insulting. But the two words can be used interchangeably.
2006-08-03 05:29:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I grew I up in the Northeast, and we used the word cursing, when I moved to the South, I found out they used the word cussing, but they both mean the same thing, the use of profanity.
2006-08-03 05:36:06 · answer #3 · answered by Rosie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I THINK <<<
ok well this is my gusse i think that a long time ago when a person Said "a bad word" They called it (CURSING) becuase that the person was indeed (Cursed). Like a witch or something. But now a days people say (cussing) Because i really don't have any idea!
2006-08-03 05:31:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
These days, because the word cursing has been so misused, there is little practical difference. However, in earlier times, it was common for someone to utter a curse at some one such as "May your camel get fleas!" "May your soul be damned in hell!" and so on. A curse was an expressed desire that something unpleasant happen to you, a loved one, some such thing. Accordingly "Damn you" would be a curse, whilst just saying "Damn" would not.
2006-08-03 05:33:51 · answer #5 · answered by anonymourati 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In general, they mean the same thing. Depending on the region you live in, you will hear one word more often than the other.
Both words refer to use of language which is considered profane by the person saying it or the person hearing it. This includes the "four letter words," as well as many others which are often bleeped out on television.
The word "curse" can also mean a metaphysical curse, as in a witch's curse, or use of a swear word or other profane expression directed towards a specific person.
2006-08-03 05:28:48 · answer #6 · answered by Sappho 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a southern girl and cussing usually refers to a situation and cursing refers to a person!@
2006-08-03 05:29:26 · answer #7 · answered by nswblue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there's hardly a difference - the only thing i can think of is...cussing is just flat out using profanity and cursing often times involves cussing at someone in a threatening manner....like "a plague on both your houses" type profanity....
2006-08-03 05:29:49 · answer #8 · answered by rachel k 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing.
Before 200 years ago words like "curse", "purse" and what have you were commonly pronounced omitting the "r" (cuss, puss). It's one of the many examples of old English pronunciation which has survived in the US.
2006-08-03 05:31:54 · answer #9 · answered by Entwined 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cussing is a retarded way of saying cursing.
2006-08-03 05:28:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
their the same. but if i must think od a differnce than lets tey this.
cussing-you fing retard/you are a pin head
cursing-DAMN YOU!/i hope you break your neck
if you take them the ay i just did than with cussing your directly insulting some one. and with cursing your indierctly insulting some one bt saying you want them to get hurt or go some where bad.
2006-08-03 05:34:26 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋