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Execrate vs Castigate - What's the difference?

execrate | castigate |

As verbs the difference between execrate and castigate

is that execrate is to feel loathing for; abhor while castigate is to punish severely; to criticize severely; to reprimand severely.

execrate

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To feel loathing for; abhor.
  • To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; denounce.
  • (archaic) To invoke a curse.

    • Derived terms

    * execrable * execration * execrative * execratory

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    castigate

    English

    Verb

    (castigat)
  • To punish severely; to criticize severely; to reprimand severely.
  • * 1977 , , Penguin Classics, p. 261:
    • The curse of avarice and cupidity / Is all my sermon, for it frees the pelf. / Out come the pence, and specially for myself, / For my exclusive purpose is to win / And not at all to castigate their sin.
  • To revise or make corrections to a publication.

    • Synonyms

    * (to punish severely) chastise, punish, rebuke, reprimand * (to revise a publication) correct, revise * See also

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