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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