Deprecate vs Censured - What's the difference?
deprecate | censured |
To belittle or express disapproval of.
To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced.
(archaic) To pray against.
(censure)
The act of blaming]], criticizing, or [[condemn, condemning as wrong; reprehension.
* Macaulay
An official reprimand.
Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.
* Bishop Burnet
(obsolete) Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.
* William Shakespeare Hamlet , Act I, scene III:
to criticize harshly
* Shakespeare
to formally rebuke
(obsolete) To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
As verbs the difference between deprecate and censured
is that deprecate is to belittle or express disapproval of while censured is (censure).deprecate
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Verb
(deprecat)- He deprecates any praise of his own merits.
- They deprecated the attempt to deny aid to homeless people.
- She deprecated any action which might disturb the peace.
- The bold tag has been deprecated in favour of the strong tag.
- It is still supported but strongly deprecated .
Derived terms
* self-deprecatingUsage notes
* Do not confuse with depreciate.External links
* * * ----censured
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Verb
(head)censure
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(wikipedia censure)Noun
(en noun)- Both the censure and the praise were merited.
- excommunication or other censure of the church
- Take each man's censure , but reserve thy judgment.
Verb
(censur)- I may be censured that nature thus gives way to loyalty.
- Should I say more, you might well censure me a flatterer.