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Chastise vs Castigate - What's the difference?

chastise | castigate |

Castigate is a synonym of chastise.



As verbs the difference between chastise and castigate

is that chastise is to punish or scold someone while castigate is to punish severely; to criticize severely; to reprimand severely.

chastise

English

Alternative forms

* chastize (archaic in British English and rare in American English)

Verb

  • To punish or scold someone.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    See also

    * punish * castigate

    castigate

    English

    Verb

    (castigat)
  • To punish severely; to criticize severely; to reprimand severely.
  • * 1977 , , Penguin Classics, p. 261:
    • 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.
  • To revise or make corrections to a publication.

    • Synonyms

    * (to punish severely) chastise, punish, rebuke, reprimand * (to revise a publication) correct, revise * See also

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