Rebuke vs Retaliation - What's the difference?
rebuke | retaliation |
A harsh criticism.
* 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited,
To criticise harshly; to reprove.
Violent response to an act of harm or perceived injustice.
An act of violent response.
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As nouns the difference between rebuke and retaliation
is that rebuke is a harsh criticism while retaliation is violent response to an act of harm or perceived injustice.As a verb rebuke
is to criticise harshly; to reprove.rebuke
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(en noun)Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- There was the sternness of an old-fashioned Tour patron in his rebuke to the young Frenchman Pierre Rolland, the only one to ride away from the peloton and seize the opportunity for a lone attack before being absorbed back into the bunch, where he was received with coolness.
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* See alsoretaliation
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