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Suppression vs Crackdown - What's the difference?

suppression | crackdown |

As nouns the difference between suppression and crackdown

is that suppression is the act or instance of suppressing while crackdown is abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement.

suppression

English

Noun

  • The act or instance of suppressing.
  • * 1980 , :
    • The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no place in the endeavor of science.
  • The state of being suppressed.
  • A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.

    • crackdown

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement
  • * 2013 June 18, , " Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
    • After a harsh police crackdown last week fueled anger and swelled protests, President Dilma Rousseff, a former guerrilla who was imprisoned under the dictatorship and has now become the target of pointed criticism herself, tried to appease dissenters by embracing their cause on Tuesday.