Fulmination vs Rebuke - What's the difference?
fulmination | rebuke |
The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.
The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with authority.
*1919 , H. L. Mencken, The American Language ,
*:It is curious, reading the fulminations of American purists of the last generation, to note how many of the Americanisms they denounced have not only got into perfectly good usage at home but even broken down all guards across the ocean.
That which is fulminated or thundered forth; vehement menace or censure.
A harsh criticism.
* 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited,
To criticise harshly; to reprove.
As nouns the difference between fulmination and rebuke
is that fulmination is the act of fulminating or exploding; detonation while rebuke is a harsh criticism.As a verb rebuke is
to criticise harshly; to reprove.fulmination
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(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.