different between repress vs rebuke

English

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Latin repressus, the perfect passive participle of reprim? (“I repress”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???p??s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Verb

repress (third-person singular simple present represses, present participle repressing, simple past and past participle repressed)

1. (transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.

2. (transitive, by extension) To check; to keep back.

Synonyms

• (forcefully preventing an upheaval from developing): to crush; to quell; to subdue; to suppress
• (to keep back): to restrain; to hold back

Related terms

• repression
• repressive

Translations

Etymology 2

re- +? press

Verb

repress (third-person singular simple present represses, present participle repressing, simple past and past participle repressed)

1. To press again.

   to repress a vinyl record

Noun

repress (plural represses)

1. A record pressed again; a repressing.

Anagrams

• Presser, presser

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