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Reprimand vs Denunciation - What's the difference?

reprimand | denunciation |

As nouns the difference between reprimand and denunciation

is that reprimand is a severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public while denunciation is proclamation; announcement; a publishing.

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

    denunciation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Proclamation; announcement; a publishing.
  • The act of denouncing; public menace or accusation; the act of inveighing against, stigmatizing, or publicly arraigning; arraignment.
  • That by which anything is denounced; threat of evil; public menace or accusation; arraignment.

    • Related terms

    * denunciative (adjective) * denunciatory (adjective)