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Reprimand vs Undernim - What's the difference?

reprimand | undernim |

As verbs the difference between reprimand and undernim

is that reprimand is to reprove in a formal or official way while undernim is to seize; catch; grasp.

As a noun reprimand

is a severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.

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

    undernim

    English

    Verb

  • To seize; catch; grasp.
  • To perceive; understand.
  • To blame; reprove; rebuke; reprimand; reprehend.
  • *2004 , Anonymous, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville :
    • Alas! that it is great slander to our faith and to our law, when folk that be without law shall reprove us and undernim us of our sins, [...]