different between reprove vs convict

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English repreven, reproven, from Anglo-Norman reprover, Middle French reprouver, from Latin reprob?re. Doublet of reprobate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???p?u?v/
• Rhymes: -u?v

Verb

reprove (third-person singular simple present reproves, present participle reproving, simple past and past participle reproved)

1. (intransitive) to express disapproval. [from 14th c.]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:reprehend

2. (transitive) to criticise, rebuke or reprimand (someone), usually in a gentle and kind tone. [from 14th c.]
   • 1611, Bible, Authorized (King James) Version, Proverbs IX.8:

     Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

3. (transitive) to deny or reject (a feeling, behaviour, action etc.). [from 14th c.]
   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 856:

     She ached to be with Affad again – and to reprove the feeling she frowned and bit her lip.

Derived terms

• reproof
• reproval

Translations

Etymology 2

re- +? prove

Verb

reprove (third-person singular simple present reproves, present participle reproving, simple past reproved, past participle reproven)

1. (transitive) To prove again.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?vi

Verb

reprove

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of reprovar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of reprovar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of reprovar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of reprovar

English

Etymology

From Middle English convicten, from Anglo-Norman convicter, from Latin convictus, the past participle of convinc? (“to convict”). Doublet of convince.

Pronunciation

• Verb
  • enPR: k?nv?kt?, IPA^(key): /k?n?v?kt/
  • Rhymes: -?kt
• Noun
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?nv?kt/
  • (General American) enPR: k?n?v?kt; IPA^(key): /?k?nv?kt/
• Hyphenation: con?vict

Verb

convict (third-person singular simple present convicts, present participle convicting, simple past and past participle convicted)

1. (transitive) To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense.

   Synonyms: sentence, (informal) disapprove

2. (chiefly religion) To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).

   Synonym: convince

Related terms

• conviction

Translations

Noun

convict (plural convicts)

1. (law) A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.

   Synonyms: assigned servant, con, government man, (historical) public servant

2. A person deported to a penal colony.

   Synonym: penal colonist

3. (zoology) The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), also known as the zebra cichlid, a popular aquarium fish, with stripes that resemble a prison uniform.
4. (zoology) A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and gray stripes.

Derived terms

• con

Translations

Further reading

• convict on Wikipedia.Wikipedia