Detraction vs Rebuke - What's the difference?
detraction | rebuke |
The act of detracting something, or something detracted.
A derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander.
* (Isaac Barrow)
(Roman Catholic Church ) The act of revealing previously unknown faults of another person to a third person.
A harsh criticism.
* 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited,
To criticise harshly; to reprove.
As nouns the difference between detraction and rebuke
is that detraction is the act of detracting something, or something detracted while rebuke is a harsh criticism.As a verb rebuke is
to criticise harshly; to reprove.detraction
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Noun
(wikipedia detraction)- If indeed we consider all the frivolous and petulant discourse, the impertinent chattings, the rash censures, the spiteful detractions which are so rife in the world
Synonyms
* See alsorebuke
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Noun
(en noun)Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- There was the sternness of an old-fashioned Tour patron in his rebuke to the young Frenchman Pierre Rolland, the only one to ride away from the peloton and seize the opportunity for a lone attack before being absorbed back into the bunch, where he was received with coolness.