What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Reprimand vs Correction - What's the difference?

reprimand | correction |

As nouns the difference between reprimand and correction

is that reprimand is a severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public while correction is the act of correcting.

As a verb reprimand

is to reprove in a formal or official way.

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

    correction

    English

    Alternative forms

    * correxion (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of correcting.
  • A substitution for an error or mistake.
  • Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
  • An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
  • A decline in a stock market price after a large rise.
  • Derived terms

    * correction centre, correction center * correction fluid * hypercorrection