Bemoan vs Condemn - What's the difference?
bemoan | condemn |
To moan or complain about; be dismayed or worried about something.
To confer some sort of eternal divine punishment upon.
To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.
To scold sharply; to excoriate the perpetrators of.
To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain
To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.
(legal) To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service.
In transitive terms the difference between bemoan and condemn
is that bemoan is to moan or complain about; be dismayed or worried about something while condemn is to adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.bemoan
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Verb
(en verb)- He bemoaned the drought but went on watering his lawn.
condemn
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(en verb)- The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire.
- The president condemns the terrorist.
- The president condemns the terrorist attacks.