Heckle vs Browbeat - What's the difference?
heckle | browbeat | Related terms |
To question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses.
To insult, tease, make fun of or badger.
To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.
Heckle is a related term of browbeat.
In lang=en terms the difference between heckle and browbeat
is that heckle is to insult, tease, make fun of or badger while browbeat is to bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.As verbs the difference between heckle and browbeat
is that heckle is to question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses while browbeat is to bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.heckle
English
Verb
(heckl)- Promise that you won't heckle me after my performance.
browbeat
English
Alternative forms
* brow-beatVerb
- Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson.
