Rebuke vs Vilify - What's the difference?
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A harsh criticism.
* 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited,
To criticise harshly; to reprove.
To say defamatory things about someone or something.
To belittle through speech; to put down.
Rebuke is a related term of vilify.
As verbs the difference between rebuke and vilify
is that rebuke is to criticise harshly; to reprove while vilify is to say defamatory things about someone or something.As a noun rebuke
is a harsh criticism.rebuke
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(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.