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Nondescript vs Rebuke - What's the difference?

nondescript | rebuke |

As nouns the difference between nondescript and rebuke

is that nondescript is an undistinguished, unexceptional person or thing while rebuke is a harsh criticism.

As an adjective nondescript

is not described (in the academic literature); undescribed, unidentified.

As a verb rebuke is

to criticise harshly; to reprove.

nondescript

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not described (in the academic literature); undescribed, unidentified.
  • * 1851 ,
    • In thoroughfares nigh the docks, any considerable seaport will frequently offer to view the queerest looking nondescripts from foreign parts.
  • Without distinguishing qualities or characteristics; unexceptional.
    • He drove a nondescript silver sedan.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An undistinguished, unexceptional person or thing.

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    rebuke

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A harsh criticism.
  • * 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, 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.

    Verb

    (rebuk)
  • To criticise harshly; to reprove.

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