Denounce vs Report - What's the difference?
denounce | report | Synonyms |
(obsolete) To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.
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To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame.
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To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.
(obsolete) To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.
To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.
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, title= (label) To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.).
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*:thenne they ansuerd by and by that they coude not excuse the quene // Allas sayd the quene I made this dyner for a good entente / and neuer for none euyl soo almyghty god me help in my ryght as I was neuer purposed to doo suche euylle dedes / and that I reporte me vnto god
(label) Formally to notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of.
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(label) To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone).
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(label) To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself.
(label) To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter.
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(label) To be accountable.
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To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred.
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To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.
(label) To refer.
*(Thomas Fuller) (1606-1661)
*:Baldwin, his son,succeeded his father; so like unto him that we report the reader to the character of King Almeric, and will spare the repeating his description.
To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.
*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
*:a church with windows only form above, that reporteth the voice thirteen times
A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject.
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(ballistics ) The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion.
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an employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager
Report is a synonym of denounce.
As verbs the difference between denounce and report
is that denounce is (obsolete) to make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare while report is (intransitive) to relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).As a noun report is
a piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone.denounce
English
Verb
(denounc)- Nero .
- to denounce someone as a swindler, or as a coward
British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
- Mr. Cameron had a respite Thursday from the negative chatter swirling around him when he appeared outside 10 Downing Street to denounce the murder a day before of a British soldier on a London street.
- to denounce a confederate in crime
- to denounce someone to the authorities
- to denounce''' war; to '''denounce punishment
Synonyms
* attack, charge, condemn, criticize, damn, decry, discredit, inveigh against, proscribe, reportDerived terms
* denouncement * denouncerSee also
* announce * enounce * pronounce * renounceReferences
* *Anagrams
*report
English
(wikipedia report)Verb
(en verb)Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight, passage=Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported
Derived terms
* reporter * underreportNoun
(en noun)- A report by the telecommunications ministry on the phone network revealed a severe capacity problem.
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- While their masters, the mates, seemed afraid of the sound of the hinges of their own jaws, the harpooneers chewed their food with such a relish that there was a report to it.
- ...a pistol-shot, flash and report , came from the hedge-side.