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Scolding vs Scathing - What's the difference?

scolding | scathing |

As verbs the difference between scolding and scathing

is that scolding is while scathing is .

As a noun scolding

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

As an adjective scathing is

harshly or bitterly critical.

scolding

English

Noun

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

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • harshly or bitterly critical
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  • , year=2011 , date=December 14 , author=Angelique Chrisafis , title=Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=For months, Dati warned she would refuse to stand aside. Now she has stunned the political class with an open letter to Fillon in Le Monde, a scathing character assassination accusing him of the "lone ambition" of a disillusioned political elite, of doing politics in a way that "never favoured women" and stopping ethnic-minority candidates from progressing at elections. She said he was committing "a sad mistake" in trying to run in Paris.}}
  • harmful or painful; acerbic
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