different between stricture vs reproof

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin strict?ra, from Latin strictus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st??kt???(?)/
• enPR: str?k'ch?r
• Rhymes: -?kt??(r)

Noun

stricture (countable and uncountable, plural strictures)

1. (usually in the plural) a rule restricting behaviour or action

2. a general state of restrictiveness on behavior, action, or ideology

   I just couldn't take the stricture of that place a single day more.

3. a sternly critical remark or review
4. (medicine) abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body
5. (obsolete) strictness
6. (obsolete) a stroke; a glance; a touch
   • 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature

     But whatever may be said of other matters , certainly the first draughts and strictures of Natural Religion and Morality are naturally in the Mind

7. (linguistics) the degree of contact, in consonants

Related terms

Translations

Latin

Participle

strict?re

1. vocative masculine singular of strict?rus

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u?f

Etymology 1

Noun

reproof (countable and uncountable, plural reproofs)

1. An act or instance of reproving or of reprobating; a rebuke, a reproach, an admonition.

Translations

Etymology 2

re- +? proof

Verb

reproof (third-person singular simple present reproofs, present participle reproofing, simple past and past participle reproofed)

1. To proof again.

   We need to reproof the book before publication.

Anagrams

• proofer