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Laud vs Chastise - What's the difference?

laud | chastise |

As a proper noun laud

is .

As a verb chastise is

to punish or scold someone.

laud

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • or glorification.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Laud be to God.
  • * Tyndals
    • So do well and thou shalt have laud of the same.
  • Hymn of praise.
  • (in the plural, also Lauds) A prayer service following matins.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive) to praise, to glorify
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Luke I:
    • And hys mought was opened immediatly, and hys tonge, and he spake lawdynge god.

    See also

    * canonical hours

    External links

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    chastise

    English

    Alternative forms

    * chastize (archaic in British English and rare in American English)

    Verb

  • To punish or scold someone.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    See also

    * punish * castigate