Curse
Curse noun - A source of harm or misfortune.
Usage example: intolerance of personal differences is a curse of humanity
Nemesis
Nemesis noun - A source of harm or misfortune.
Usage example: irrationality is the nemesis of democracy, for good government depends upon the wisdom of the electorate
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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The witch Angelique, in an effort to return the curse of vampirism to her recently cured lover-turned-nemesis Barnabas Collins, cast a spell which caused various people in Collinsport to have a nightmare.
Source: Dream Weaver - Another theory states that Nemesis wasn't good because it was a multiple of five, and thus, like Star Trek V, was bad; in other words, the curse has a previously-undiscovered FizzBuzz property.
Source: Star Trek Movie Curse - It is now up to you to solve the mystery of the alchemists and break the Nemesis's curse...This game provides examples of: Abandoned Area Abandoned Hospital Archnemesis Dad: Thaddeus Kaine, one of the four Alchemists and father of the Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds, Lucien.
Source: Video Game / Zork Nemesis
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