Rebuke vs Punishment - What's the difference?
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A harsh criticism.
* 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited,
To criticise harshly; to reprove.
The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.
A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.
A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution
(figuratively) Any treatment or experience so harsh it feels like being punished; rough handling
As nouns the difference between rebuke and punishment
is that rebuke is a harsh criticism while punishment is the act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.As a verb rebuke
is to criticise harshly; to reprove.rebuke
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Noun
(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.
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(rebuk)Synonyms
* See alsopunishment
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Noun
(en noun)- a vehicle that can take a lot of punishment