Reprimand vs Scold - What's the difference?
reprimand | scold |
A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
* Macaulay
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.
(obsolete) A person fond of abusive language, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.
To rebuke.
* 1813 , (Pride and Prejudice) , (Jane Austen)
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As nouns the difference between reprimand and scold
is that reprimand is a severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public while scold is a person fond of abusive language, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.As verbs the difference between reprimand and scold
is that reprimand is to reprove in a formal or official way while scold is to rebuke.reprimand
English
Noun
(en noun)- Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him.
Verb
(en verb)- He is struck by Antinous, who is in turn reprimanded by one of the “proud young men” courting Penelope:
Synonyms
* See alsoSee also
* admonish * admonition * rebuke * reprehend * reprehension * reproof * reproval * reprovescold
English
Alternative forms
* scould (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- A week elapsed before she could see Elizabeth without scolding her —
- Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust. Looking back, I recollect she had very beautiful brown eyes.