Reprimanded vs Persecuted - What's the difference?
reprimanded | persecuted |
(reprimand)
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.
(persecute)
To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death for one's race, sexual identity, adherence to a particular religious creed, or mode of worship.
To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.
As verbs the difference between reprimanded and persecuted
is that reprimanded is (reprimand) while persecuted is (persecute).reprimanded
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(head)reprimand
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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 * reprovepersecuted
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(head)persecute
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(persecut)- "Do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you." – Matt. 5:44.