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Rebuke vs Impeach - What's the difference?

rebuke | impeach |

As verbs the difference between rebuke and impeach

is that rebuke is to criticise harshly; to reprove while impeach is to hinder, impede, or prevent.

As a noun rebuke

is a harsh criticism.

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.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    impeach

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To hinder, impede, or prevent.
  • * Sir J. Davies
  • These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land.
  • * Howell
  • A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance.
  • To bring a legal proceeding against a public official, asserting that because he or she committed some offense, he or she should be removed from office.
  • * President Clinton was impeached by the House in November 1999, but since the Senate acquitted him, he was not removed from office.
  • To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
  • (legal) To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition.
  • Derived terms

    * impeachment