different between retort vs berate

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???t??t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???t??t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t
• Hyphenation: re?tort

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin retortus, from retorqu?re (“to be forced to twist back”).

Noun

retort (plural retorts)

1. A sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback.

Translations

Verb

retort (third-person singular simple present retorts, present participle retorting, simple past and past participle retorted)

1. To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation.
2. To make a remark which reverses an argument upon its originator; to return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility.

   to retort the charge of vanity
3. To bend or curve back.

   a retorted line

   • 1829, Robert Southey, Sir Thomas More; or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society

     With retorted head, pruned themselves as they floated.

4. To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.

Synonyms

• (sharp reply): comeback, rejoinder, back answer

Translations

Etymology 2

From French retorte.

Noun

retort (plural retorts)

1. (chemistry) A flask with a rounded base and a long neck that is bent down and tapered, used to heat a liquid for distillation.
2. A airtight vessel in which material is subjected to high temperatures in the chemical industry or as part of an industrial manufacturing process, especially during the smelting and forging of metal.
3. A pressure cooker.
4. A crematory furnace.

Derived terms

• retort stand

Translations

Verb

retort (third-person singular simple present retorts, present participle retorting, simple past and past participle retorted)

1. (transitive) To heat in a retort.

Further reading

• Retort in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• Retort on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Rotert, Rotter, rotter

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French retorte, from Latin retorta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??t?rt/
• Hyphenation: re?tort
• Rhymes: -?rt

Noun

retort f or n (plural retorten)

1. (chemistry) retort (flask used for distillation)

English

Etymology

be- +? rate (“to scold, upbraid”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b???e?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Verb

berate (third-person singular simple present berates, present participle berating, simple past and past participle berated)

1. (transitive) to chide or scold vehemently
   • 1896, Gilbert Parker, Seats Of The Mighty, ch. 13:

     Gabord, still muttering, turned to us again, and began to berate the soldiers for their laziness.

   • 1917, Jack London, Jerry of the Islands, ch. 14:

     Lenerengo, as usual, forgot everything else in the fiercer pleasure of berating her spouse.

   • 2008, Alex Perry, "The Man Who Would Be (Congo's) King," Time, 27 Nov.:

     During the rally, he berates the crowd for their cowardice.

   • 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [1]

     France were supposedly a team in pieces, beaten by Tonga just a week ago and with coach Marc Lievremont publicly berating his players, but so clear-cut was their victory that much of the atmosphere had been sucked from the contest long before the end.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:reprehend

Related terms

• beration

Translations

Anagrams

• Bartee, beater, betear, erbate, rebate, rebeat

German

Verb

berate

1. inflection of beraten:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative