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Castigate vs. Enervate — What's the Difference?

Castigate vs. Enervate — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Castigate and Enervate

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Castigate

Reprimand (someone) severely
He was castigated for not setting a good example

Enervate

Make (someone) feel drained of energy or vitality
Enervating heat

Castigate

To punish or rebuke severely.

Enervate

Lacking in energy or vitality
The enervate slightness of his frail form

Castigate

To punish or reprimand someone severely.
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Enervate

To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of
"the luxury which enervates and destroys nations" (Henry David Thoreau).

Castigate

To execrate or condemn something in a harsh manner, especially by public criticism.

Enervate

(Medicine) To remove a nerve or part of a nerve.

Castigate

To revise or make corrections to a publication.

Enervate

Deprived of strength; debilitated.

Castigate

To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely.

Enervate

(transitive) To reduce strength or energy; debilitate.
After being laid off three times in a row, she felt too enervated to look for another job.

Castigate

To emend; to correct.

Enervate

(transitive) To weaken morally or mentally.

Castigate

Censure severely;
She chastised him for his insensitive remarks

Enervate

(medicine) To partially or completely remove a nerve.

Castigate

Inflict severe punishment on

Enervate

Made feeble; weakened.

Enervate

To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of.
A man . . . enervated by licentiousness.
And rhyme began t' enervate poetry.

Enervate

Weakened; weak; without strength of force.

Enervate

Weaken mentally or morally

Enervate

Disturb the composure of

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