Chastise vs Confront - What's the difference?
chastise | confront |
To punish or scold someone.
To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with; to oppose; to challenge.
To deal with.
To something bring face to face with.
To come up against; to encounter.
To engage in confrontation.
To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.
As verbs the difference between chastise and confront
is that chastise is to punish or scold someone while confront is to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with; to oppose; to challenge.chastise
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Alternative forms
* chastize (archaic in British English and rare in American English)Verb
Synonyms
* See alsoSee also
* punish * castigateconfront
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Verb
(en verb)- We should confront him about the missing money.