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Reproof vs Convince - What's the difference?

reproof | convince |

As verbs the difference between reproof and convince

is that reproof is to proof again while convince is to make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.

As a noun reproof

is act or instance of reproving; a rebuke.

reproof

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Act or instance of reproving; a rebuke.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To proof again.
    • We need to reproof the book before publication.

    Anagrams

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    convince

    English

    Verb

    (convinc)
  • To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.
  • * Atterbury
    • Such convincing proofs and assurances of it as might enable them to convince others.
  • To persuade.
  • (obsolete) To overcome, conquer, vanquish.
  • * Shakespeare
    • His two chamberlains / Will I with wine and wassail so convince / That memory, the warder of the brain, / Shall be a fume.
  • (obsolete) To confute; to prove wrong.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • God never wrought miracle to convince' atheism, because his ordinary works ' convince it.
  • (obsolete) To prove guilty; to convict.
  • * Bible, John viii. 46
    • Which of you convinceth me of sin?
  • * Dryden
    • Seek not to convince me of a crime / Which I can ne'er repent, nor you can pardon.

    Synonyms

    * persuade * satisfy * assure * convert * win over

    Related terms

    * convict * conviction * convincible * convincingly English control verbs ----