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Criticize vs Deplore - What's the difference?

criticize | deplore |

As verbs the difference between criticize and deplore

is that criticize is to find fault (with something) while deplore is .

criticize

English

Alternative forms

* criticise (UK )

Verb

(criticiz) (transitive'' or ''intransitive )
  • to find fault (with something)
  • to evaluate (something), and judge its merits and faults

    • Hyponyms

    * find fault * shoot down * trash out * fustigate * drub * excoriate * run down

    Related terms

    * critic * critical * criticism * critique * criticizable

    See also

    * scold * complain

    External links

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    deplore

    English

    Verb

    (deplor)
  • To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.
    • I deplore my neighbour for having lost his job.
    The UNHCR deplores the recent events in Sudan.
    I deplore not having listened to your advice.
  • To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.
    • I deplore how you treated him at the party.
    Many people deplore the actions of a corrupt government.
  • (obsolete) To regard as hopeless; to give up.
    • (Francis Bacon)

    Synonyms

    * bewail * condemn

    Related terms

    * deplorable * deploration

    External links

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