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Reprimand vs Repulse - What's the difference?

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Reprimand is a related term of repulse.


As nouns the difference between reprimand and repulse

is that reprimand is a severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public while repulse is the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.

As verbs the difference between reprimand and repulse

is that reprimand is to reprove in a formal or official way while repulse is to repel or drive back.

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

    repulse

    English

    Verb

  • to repel or drive back
    • to repulse''' an assault; to '''repulse the enemy
  • to reject or rebuff
    • to repulse a suitor
  • to cause revulsion

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed
  • refusal, rejection or repulsion

    • Related terms

    * repel * repellent * repulsion * repulsive

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