Tirade vs Reproach - What's the difference?
tirade | reproach |
A long, angry or violent speech; a diatribe.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.}}
*, chapter=13
, title= A section of verse concerning a single theme; a laisse.
A mild rebuke, or an implied criticism.
* {{quote-book
, year=1818
, author=Mary Shelley
, title=Frankenstein
, chapter=4
Disgrace or shame.
To criticize or rebuke someone.
* Bible, 1 Peter iv. 14
* Milton
* Dryden
To disgrace, or bring shame upon someone.
* Shakespeare
As nouns the difference between tirade and reproach
is that tirade is while reproach is a mild rebuke, or an implied criticism.As a verb reproach is
to criticize or rebuke someone.tirade
English
Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.}}
Synonyms
* (speech) diatribe, rant * (section of verse) laisse * See alsoSee also
* j'accuse * tantrumAnagrams
* *reproach
English
Noun
(reproaches)citation, passage=My father made no reproach in his letters and only took notice of my science by inquiring into my occupations more particularly than before.}}
Verb
- if ye be reproached for the name of Christ
- That this newcomer, Shame, / There sit not, and reproach us as unclean.
- Mezentius with his ardour warmed / His fainting friends, reproached their shameful flight, / Repelled the victors.
- I thought your marriage fit; else imputation, / For that he knew you, might reproach your life.