Victimize vs Criticize - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between victimize and criticize

is that victimize is to make someone a victim or sacrifice while criticize is to find fault (with something).

* victimise (British)

(victimiz)

To make someone a victim or sacrifice.

To punish someone unjustly.

To swindle or defraud someone.

* victimizer

* criticise (UK )

(criticiz) (transitive'' or ''intransitive )

to find fault (with something)

to evaluate (something), and judge its merits and faults

* find fault * shoot down * trash out * fustigate * drub * excoriate * run down

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