Debunk vs Criticize - What's the difference?
debunk | criticize |
To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something
to find fault (with something)
to evaluate (something), and judge its merits and faults
As verbs the difference between debunk and criticize
is that debunk is to discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something while criticize is to find fault (with something).debunk
English
Verb
(en verb)- Sailing round the world debunked the theory that the earth was flat.
- Debunking the myth of the American West.
- That bullshit has already been debunked .
- A myth that has long been debunked .
- The explosion story was thoroughly debunked on National Public Radio in November 1999.