berate

As verbs the difference between punish and berate

is that punish is to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action while berate is to chide or scold vehemently.

In transitive terms the difference between berate and excoriate

is that berate is to chide or scold vehemently while excoriate is to strongly denounce or censure.

In lang=en terms the difference between reprove and berate

is that reprove is to prevent, avoid, deny or suppress (a feeling, behaviour, action etc) while berate is to chide or scold vehemently.

As verbs the difference between reprove and berate

is that reprove is to express disapproval while berate is to chide or scold vehemently.

As verbs the difference between berate and batte

is that berate is to chide or scold vehemently while batte is third-person singular past historic of battere.

As a verb berate is

to chide or scold vehemently.

As verbs the difference between flout and berate

is that flout is to express contempt for the rules by word or action while berate is to chide or scold vehemently.

As a noun flout

is the act by which something is flouted.

As verbs the difference between berate and batter

is that berate is to chide or scold vehemently while batter is to hit or strike violently and repeatedly or batter can be (architecture) to slope (of walls, buildings etc).

As a noun batter is

a beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (eg pancakes, cake, or yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (eg fish) prior to frying or batter can be an incline on the outer face of a built wall or batter can be (baseball) the player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.