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Berate vs. Rebuke — What's the Difference?

Berate vs. Rebuke — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Berate and Rebuke

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Berate

To rebuke or scold angrily and at length.

Rebuke

In English law and the canon law of the Church of England, a rebuke is a censure on a member of the clergy. It is the least severe censure available against clergy of the Church of England, less severe than a monition.

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?

Rebuke

To criticize (someone) sharply; reprimand.

Berate

To rate or chide vehemently; to scold.
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Rebuke

To express sharp criticism regarding (an act, for example)
"a series of sweeping decisions that rebuked the investigators' presumptions" (Donald A. Ritchie).

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

Rebuke

(Obsolete) To check or repress.

Rebuke

An expression of strong disapproval.

Rebuke

(of a person) A harsh criticism.

Rebuke

(of a person) To criticise harshly; to reprove.

Rebuke

To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish.
The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered,Nor to rebuke the rich offender feared.

Rebuke

A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment.
For thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
Why bear you these rebukes and answer not?

Rebuke

Check; rebuff.

Rebuke

An act or expression of criticism and censure;
He had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face

Rebuke

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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