Berate vs. Chide — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Berate and Chide
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Berate
To rebuke or scold angrily and at length.
Chide
To scold mildly so as to correct or improve; reprimand
Chided the boy for his sloppiness.
Berate
(transitive) to chide or scold vehemently
What society tells people, that they could "do whatever they want" to dissidents, and yet berates anyone for treating them well?
Chide
To express disapproval.
Berate
To rate or chide vehemently; to scold.
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Chide
(transitive) To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.
Berate
Censure severely or angrily;
The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
Chide
To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
Chide
(ambitransitive) To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.
Chide
To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with.
Upbraided, chid, and rated at.
Chide
Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against.
The sea that chides the banks of England.
Chide
To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
Wherefore the people did chide with Moses.
Chide
To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.
As doth a rock againts the chiding flood.
Chide
A continuous noise or murmur.
The chide of streams.
Chide
Censure severely or angrily;
The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
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