Rebuke vs Undernim - What's the difference?

rebuke | undernim |

As verbs the difference between rebuke and undernim

is that rebuke is to criticise harshly; to reprove while undernim is to seize; catch; grasp.

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

undernim

English

Verb

To seize; catch; grasp.

To perceive; understand.

To blame; reprove; rebuke; reprimand; reprehend.

*2004 , Anonymous, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville :

Alas! that it is great slander to our faith and to our law, when folk that be without law shall reprove us and undernim us of our sins, [...]