Both {baQa'} and {QI'yaH} are general invectives. I would say they can only be used as exclamations.

If you are commenting on the difference between the two sets of English words I used as examples, then you misunderstood my sentence. It was pointing out the difference between two insults or the difference between two general invectives, not the difference between the two sets. 

qurgh

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 11:33 AM, André Müller <esperantist@gmail.com> wrote:
I think the difference between them is that one is just an exclamation and cannot be used as a part of a sentence, while the other is essentially a noun that can be used to describe someone, which can be used as a subject, object, etc. and can potentially receive suffixes.

- André

On 19 Jul 2017 9:54 p.m., "qurgh lungqIj" <qurgh@wizage.net> wrote:
On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 11:14 AM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
Is an invective word the same with a curse word ?

For example, is there any difference between the {baQa'} and the {QI'yaH} ?

If there is, we don't know what it would be. 

Is there any difference between "arsehole" and "dickhead", or "damn it" and "bloody hell"?  Not that I know of. They are just words and phrases used to insult or show annoyance/frustration/pain/etc. 

What about in Greek? I'm sure there are words that you use as insults to people that aren't taken to mean what the word(s) might literally mean. :)

qurgh

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