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Rebuked vs Scolding - What's the difference?

rebuked | scolding |

As verbs the difference between rebuked and scolding

is that rebuked is (rebuke) while scolding is .

As a noun scolding is

a succession of critical remarks, such as those directed by a parent towards a misbehaving child.

rebuked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (rebuke)

    • rebuke

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A harsh criticism.
  • * 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, 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.

    Verb

    (rebuk)
  • To criticise harshly; to reprove.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    scolding

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A succession of critical remarks, such as those directed by a parent towards a misbehaving child.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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