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Debunk vs Criticize - What's the difference?

debunk | criticize |

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)
  • To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something
  • 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.

    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

    See also

    * scold * complain