different between onus vs rebuke

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin onus (“burden”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???n?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?n?s/
• Rhymes: -??n?s

Noun

onus (countable and uncountable, plural onuses or onera)

1. A legal obligation.

2. (uncountable) Burden of proof, onus probandi.

3. Stigma.
4. Blame.
5. Responsibility; burden.

Translations

Anagrams

• Onsu, Osun, Suon, UNOS, Unos, nous, ouns

Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin onus (“burden”).

Pronunciation

Noun

onus m (plural onussen or oni, diminutive onusje n)

1. burden

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h?énh?os from *h?enh?-. Cognate to Sanskrit ???? (ánas, “heavy cart; mother; birth; offspring”). See Ancient Greek ?????? (ónomai, “impugn, quarrel with”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?o.nus/, [??n?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?o.nus/, [???nus]

Noun

onus n (genitive oneris); third declension

1. burden, load
2. cargo, freight
3. (figuratively) tax, tax burden

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Derived terms

• oner?
• onustus
• onus proband?

Descendants

• Dutch: onus
• English: onus
• Italian: onere
• Portuguese: ónus

References

• onus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• onus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• onus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• onus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Clackson, James, Indo-European Word Formation: Proceedings from the International Conference, 2002

English

Etymology

From Middle English rebuken, from Anglo-Norman rebuker (“to beat back, repel”), from re- + Old French *buker, buchier, buschier (“to strike, hack down, chop”), from busche (“wood”), from Vulgar Latin buska (“wood, grove”), from Frankish *busc, *busk (“grove”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush”); equivalent to re- +? bush.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?bju?k/, /???bju?k/

Noun

rebuke (plural rebukes)

1. A harsh criticism.
   • 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, 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.

Synonyms

• reproach, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand, admonition

Translations

Verb

rebuke (third-person singular simple present rebukes, present participle rebuking, simple past and past participle rebuked)

1. To criticise harshly; to reprove.

   O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath. (Psalm 6, BSB)

Synonyms

• reprimand, reproach, reprove, reprehend, admonish, criticise, berate, scold
• See also Thesaurus:criticize

Translations

Anagrams

• Kueber