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Censure vs Revile - What's the difference?

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Censure is a related term of revile.


As verbs the difference between censure and revile

is that censure is while revile is to attack (someone) with abusive language.

As a noun revile is

(obsolete) reproach; reviling.

censure

English

(wikipedia censure)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of blaming]], criticizing, or [[condemn, condemning as wrong; reprehension.
  • * Macaulay
    • Both the censure and the praise were merited.
  • An official reprimand.
  • Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.
  • * Bishop Burnet
    • excommunication or other censure of the church
  • (obsolete) Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.
  • * William Shakespeare Hamlet , Act I, scene III:
    • Take each man's censure , but reserve thy judgment.

    Verb

    (censur)
  • to criticize harshly
  • * Shakespeare
    • I may be censured that nature thus gives way to loyalty.
  • to formally rebuke
  • (obsolete) To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • Should I say more, you might well censure me a flatterer.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * censor * censorial * censorious * censorship * census

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    revile

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To attack (someone) with abusive language.
  • * Bible, 1 Peter ii. 23
    • who, when he was reviled , reviled not again
  • * Shakespeare
    • And did not she herself revile me there?

    Synonyms

    * reproach * scold * vilify * vituperate

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) reproach; reviling
    • The gracious Judge, without revile , replied. — Milton.

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