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Hindrance vs Reprimand - What's the difference?

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Hindrance is a related term of reprimand.


As nouns the difference between hindrance and reprimand

is that hindrance is something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else while reprimand is a severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.

As a verb reprimand is

to reprove in a formal or official way.

hindrance

English

Alternative forms

* hinderance (archaic) * hindraunce (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
    • High-heeled shoes may be fashionable, but they can also be a hindrance to walking.
  • The state or act of hindering something
    • Your hindrance of this process will not be tolerated.

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    reprimand

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
  • * Macaulay
    • Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To reprove in a formal or official way.
  • * 1983 . Rosen, Stanley. Plato’s Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image. South Bend, Indiana, USA: St. Augustine’s Press. p. 62.
    • He is struck by Antinous, who is in turn reprimanded by one of the “proud young men” courting Penelope:

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    See also

    * admonish * admonition * rebuke * reprehend * reprehension * reproof * reproval * reprove