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Rebuking vs Scolding - What's the difference?

rebuking | scolding |

As verbs the difference between rebuking and scolding

is that rebuking is while scolding is .

As nouns the difference between rebuking and scolding

is that rebuking is the act of giving a rebuke while scolding is a succession of critical remarks, such as those directed by a parent towards a misbehaving child.

rebuking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of giving a rebuke.
  • * 1844 , William Bingham Tappan, The Daughter of the Isles, and Other Poems (page 193)
    • But the more the rebukings of God met thine ear, / Thou, freed from the terror, didst love Him the more; / And what in the vile only kindles up fear, / Led thee, in thy holiness, Him to adore.

    scolding

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A succession of critical remarks, such as those directed by a parent towards a misbehaving child.

    • Verb

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