Expostulate vs Deprecate - What's the difference?
expostulate | deprecate |
To protest or remonstrate; to reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of conduct.
* Jowett
* 1719,
* 1843 , '', book 2, ch. XI, ''The Abbot’s Ways
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.
As verbs the difference between expostulate and deprecate
is that expostulate is to protest or remonstrate; to reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of conduct while deprecate is to belittle or express disapproval of.expostulate
English
Verb
(expostulat)- Men expostulate with erring friends; they bring accusations against enemies who have done them a wrong.
- The tears would run plentifully down my face when I made these reflections; and sometimes I would expostulate with myself why Providence should thus completely ruin His creatures, and render them so absolutely miserable; so without help, abandoned, so entirely depressed, that it could hardly be rational to be thankful for such a life.
- […] he affectionately loved many persons to whom he never or hardly ever shewed a countenance of love. Once on my venturing to expostulate with him on the subject, he reminded me of Solomon: “Many sons I have; it is not fit that I should smile on them.”
Synonyms
* challenge * demur * except * inveigh * kick * object * protest * remonstrate * squawk ----deprecate
English
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 .
