Rebuke vs Threap - What's the difference?
rebuke | threap |
A harsh criticism.
* 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited,
To criticise harshly; to reprove.
to scold, rebuke
to argue, bicker
* Percy's Reliques
to call, to name
to cozen or cheat
To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction.
To beat or thrash.
As nouns the difference between rebuke and threap
is that rebuke is a harsh criticism while threap is an altercation, quarrel, argument.As verbs the difference between rebuke and threap
is that rebuke is to criticise harshly; to reprove while threap is to scold, rebuke.rebuke
English
Noun
(en noun)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)Synonyms
* See alsothreap
English
Alternative forms
* threip * threpeVerb
(en verb)- It's not for a man with a woman to threap .
- (Halliwell)
- He threaped me down that it was so.
- (Robert Burns)
- (Halliwell)