Review vs Critique - What's the difference?
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A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact.
An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
(legal) A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.
A stage show made up of sketches etc.
A survey of the available items or material.
A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.
A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.
A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.
To survey; to look broadly over.
To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
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To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.
(obsolete) To view or see again; to look back on.
* 1610–11 , (William Shakespeare), '', act IV, scene iv, in ''The Works of Mr. ''William Shake?pear''; in Eight Volumes , volume II (1709),
(obsolete) To retrace; to go over again.
* 1726 , (Alexander Pope) (translator), (Homer) (author), (Odyssey)'', book III, lines 127–128, in ''The Ody??ey of Homer , volume I (1760),
The art of criticism.
An essay in which another piece of work is criticised, reviewed, etc.
* {{quote-news, author=(Jesse Jackson), title=In the Ferguson era, Malcolm X’s courage in fighting racism inspires more than ever, work=(The Guardian) (London), date=20 February 2015
, passage=I did not always agree with Malcolm X, specifically his critiques of Dr King and of the philosophy of nonviolent resistance. }}
* Addison
(obsolete) A critic; one who criticises.
* Bishop Lincoln
(US) To review something.
In obsolete terms the difference between review and critique
is that review is to retrace; to go over again while critique is a critic; one who criticises.As nouns the difference between review and critique
is that review is a second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact while critique is the art of criticism.As verbs the difference between review and critique
is that review is to survey; to look broadly over while critique is to review something.review
English
(wikipedia review)Noun
(en noun)- I need to make a review of the book before I can understand it.
- The newspaper review was full of praise for the play.
- The victims demanded a full judical review of the case.
- The Cambridge Footlights Review launched many Monty Python faces.
- The magazine contained a review of Paris restaurants.
- The Times Literary Review is published in London.
- The troops assembled for a review by the Queen.
- The regulators demanded a review against NYSE practices.
Derived terms
* * judicial reviewVerb
(en verb)- Before I tackle the question directly, I must briefly review historical approaches to the problem.
- The critic reviews every new play in London.
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- Cam''[''illo''] What I do next, ?hall be next to tell the King // Of this E?cape, and whither they are bound: // Wherein my hope is, I ?hall ?o prevail, // To force him after: in who?e company // I ?hall review ''Sicilia ; for who?e ?ight, // I have a Woman’s Longing.
page 113:
- Shall I the long, laborious ?cene review , // And open all the wounds of Greece anew?
See also
* revise (v.)Anagrams
*critique
English
Noun
(wikipedia critique) (en noun)citation
- I should as soon expect to see a critique on the poesy of a ring as on the inscription of a medal.
- a question among critiques in the ages to come
Verb
- I want you to critique this new idea of mine.