Rebuke vs. Reprimand — What's the Difference?

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.

A reprimand is a severe, formal or official reproof. Reprimanding takes in different forms in different legal systems.

To criticize (someone) sharply; reprimand.

To reprove (someone) severely, especially in a formal or official way.

To express sharp criticism regarding (an act, for example)

A severe, formal, or official rebuke or censure.

(Obsolete) To check or repress.

A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.

An expression of strong disapproval.

To reprove in a formal or official way.

(of a person) A harsh criticism.

Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.

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

To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally.

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.

To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded.

A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment.

An act or expression of criticism and censure;

Check; rebuff.

Rebuke formally

An act or expression of criticism and censure;

Censure severely or angrily;

Censure severely or angrily;