different between criticize vs crisis

English

Alternative forms

• criticise (British)

Etymology

critic +? -ize; first element from Ancient Greek ???????? (kritikós, “of or for judging, able to discern”), from ?????? (krísis, “crisis”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??t?sa?z/
• Hyphenation: crit?i?cize

Verb

criticize (third-person singular simple present criticizes, present participle criticizing, simple past and past participle criticized) (transitive, intransitive)

1. To find fault (with something).

   Synonyms: censure, pick at; see also Thesaurus:criticize

   Hyponyms: find fault, shoot down, run down, trash out, fustigate, drub, excoriate

2. To evaluate (something), assessing its merits and faults.

   Synonyms: censure, appraise, judge

Related terms

Translations

See also

• scold
• complain

Further reading

• criticize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• criticize in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From Latin crisis, from Ancient Greek ?????? (krísis, “a separating, power of distinguishing, decision, choice, election, judgment, dispute”), from ????? (krín?, “pick out, choose, decide, judge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?a?s?s/

Noun

crisis (plural crises)

1. A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.
2. An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.
3. A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die.
4. (psychology) A traumatic or stressful change in a person's life.

5. (drama) A point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved.

Derived terms

Related terms

• critic
• critical
• criticize
• critique
• criterion

Translations

Further reading

• crisis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• crisis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Asturian

Noun

crisis f (plural crisis)

1. crisis

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?k?i.zis/
• Rhymes: -izis

Noun

crisis

1. plural of crisi

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crisis, from Ancient Greek ?????? (krísis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kri.z?s/
• Hyphenation: cri?sis

Noun

crisis f (plural crises or crisissen, diminutive crisisje n)

1. crisis
2. financial crisis

Derived terms

Related terms

• kritiek
• kritisch

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: krisis

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crisis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kri.?zis/

Noun

crisis f (oblique plural crisis, nominative singular crisis, nominative plural crisis)

1. crisis, emergency; urgent situation

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (krísis, “a separating, power of distinguishing, decision, choice, election, judgment, dispute”), from ????? (krín?, “pick out, choose, decide, judge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?isis/, [?k?i.sis]

Noun

crisis f (plural crisis)

1. crisis
2. attack; fit

Derived terms

• anticrisis
• crisis de comportamiento
• crisis de migraña

Related terms

• crítico

Further reading

• “crisis” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.