Rebuke vs Reprobation - What's the difference?
rebuke | reprobation |
A harsh criticism.
* 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited,
To criticise harshly; to reprove.
The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval or censure.
(theology) The predestination of a certain number of the human race as reprobates, or objects of condemnation and punishment; damnation.
As nouns the difference between rebuke and reprobation
is that rebuke is a harsh criticism while reprobation is reprobation, disapproval.As a verb rebuke
is to criticise harshly; to reprove.rebuke
English
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.
Verb
(rebuk)Synonyms
* See alsoreprobation
English
Noun
(en noun)- The profligate pretenses upon which he was perpetually soliciting an increase of his disgraceful stipend are mentioned with becoming reprobation . — Jeffrey.
- Set a brand of reprobation on clipped poetry and false coin. — Dryden.