What is the difference between castigate and punish?
castigate | punish |
To punish severely; to criticize severely; to reprimand severely.
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To revise or make corrections to a publication.
To cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action.
To cause great harm to. (a punishing blow )
To dumb down severely or to the point of uselessness or near-uselessness.
Castigate is a synonym of punish.
As verbs the difference between castigate and punish
is that castigate is to punish severely; to criticize severely; to reprimand severely while punish is to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action.castigate
English
Verb
(castigat)- The curse of avarice and cupidity / Is all my sermon, for it frees the pelf. / Out come the pence, and specially for myself, / For my exclusive purpose is to win / And not at all to castigate their sin.