Accuse vs. blame

[Rich7]

Test No. incompl/inter-27 "The Two Dogs", question 8

The house dog asked him not to pick on him if he wanted to ......... someone.

(a) accuse
(b) blame
(c) disapprove
(d) fault

Test No. incompl/inter-27 "The Two Dogs", answer 8

The house dog asked him not to pick on him if he wanted to blame someone.

Correct answer: (b) blame

Your answer was: incorrect
The house dog asked him not to pick on him if he wanted to accuse someone.
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what would be the differences between these two? please explain....

[Torsten]

To accuse is more official than to blame, if someone is accused they usually are charged with an offense judicially or by a public process.
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[Alan]

In the sense of claiming someone did something accuse is more precise and blame is less so. In this sentence if you used accuse, you would have to say he wanted to accuse someone of something.
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[Rich7]

point taken

[Saneta]

what does ,,pick on him'' mean? thanks