bawl out vs tell off

tell off vs bawl out

bawl out and tell off both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bawl out	No	No	Yes	No
tell off	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, tell off is a hyponym of bawl out; that is, tell off is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bawl out:

bawl out: censure severely or angrily
tell off: reprimand

Other hyponyms of bawl out include castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate, brush down.

bawl out (verb)	tell off (verb)
censure severely or angrily	reprimand

Difference between bawl out and tell off

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