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Remind vs Reprimand - What's the difference?

remind | reprimand |

As verbs the difference between remind and reprimand

is that remind is to cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person) while reprimand is to reprove in a formal or official way.

As a noun reprimand is

a severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.

remind

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
  • * 1849 , , Shirley , ch. 3:
    • I am aware, reader, and you need not remind me, that it is a dreadful thing for a parson to be warlike.
  • * 1915 , , Victory: An Island Tale , "Author's Note":
    • His eyes were green and every cat I see to this day reminds me of the exact contour of his face.

    Synonyms

    * put someone in mind of

    Derived terms

    * reminder

    Anagrams

    * English reporting verbs 1000 English basic words

    reprimand

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
  • * Macaulay
    • Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To reprove in a formal or official way.
  • * 1983 . Rosen, Stanley. Plato’s Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image. South Bend, Indiana, USA: St. Augustine’s Press. p. 62.
    • He is struck by Antinous, who is in turn reprimanded by one of the “proud young men” courting Penelope:

    Synonyms

    * See also

    See also

    * admonish * admonition * rebuke * reprehend * reprehension * reproof * reproval * reprove