Diatribe vs Criticise - What's the difference?
diatribe | criticise |
An abusive, bitter, attack, or criticism: denunciation.
* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=4 A prolonged discourse.
A speech or writing which bitterly denounces something.
To evaluate (something), and judge its merits and faults
To find fault (with something)
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=September 24
, author=David Ornstein
, title=Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton
, work=BBC Sport
As a noun diatribe
is an abusive, bitter, attack, or criticism: denunciation.As a verb criticise is
to evaluate (something), and judge its merits and faults.diatribe
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=“… No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. If this long diatribe bores you, just say so, and I’ll cut it short.”}}
- The senator was prone to diatribes which could go on for more than an hour.
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* diatribalQuotations
{{quote-book, year=1991 , author=Bill Crow , title=Jazz Anecdotescitation, isbn=9780195071337 , publisher=Oxford University Press , page=316 , passage=You know, it’s all this racial diatribe , and very strong language, screaming at the top of his lungs into the telephone.}} ----
criticise
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* criticize (US, Canada )Verb
(en-verb) (transitive'' or ''intransitive )- They criticised him for endangering people's lives.
citation, page= , passage=The Gunners boss has been heavily criticised for his side's poor start to the Premier League season but this result helps lift the pressure.}}