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Reminder vs Rebuke - What's the difference?

reminder | rebuke |

As nouns the difference between reminder and rebuke

is that reminder is someone or something that reminds while rebuke is a harsh criticism.

As a verb rebuke is

to criticise harshly; to reprove.

reminder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone or something that reminds.
  • He left a note as a reminder to get groceries.
  • (finance) Writing that reminds of open payments.
  • She ignored first the reminder of 80 cents. At the end, she was sentenced to pay 200 euros!

    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

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