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Reprovable vs Rebukable - What's the difference?

reprovable | rebukable | Synonyms |

As adjectives the difference between reprovable and rebukable

is that reprovable is reproachable; worthy of reproof or censure while rebukable is deserving a rebuke; shameful.

reprovable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • reproachable; worthy of reproof or censure
    • (Jeremy Taylor)
  • *{{quote-book
    • , year=2004 , author=Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff , title=The People of Aritama: The Cultural Personality of a Columbian Mestizo Village , chapter=9 , isbn=0415330459 , page=429 , passage=Feeling hungry, she wanted to ask for food (an unthinkable action in conscious behavior) and so knocked on the door, but when nobody answered she entered the house (again a reprovable action) and saw a bearded man sitting in the single room.}}

    Derived terms

    * reprovableness * reprovably

    rebukable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Deserving a rebuke; shameful.

    • Antonyms

    * unrebukable