berate vs brush down

brush down vs berate

berate and brush down both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
berate	No	No	Yes	No
brush down	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, brush down is a hyponym of berate; that is, brush down is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than berate:

berate: censure severely or angrily
brush down: reprimand

Other hyponyms of berate include castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate, tell off.

berate (verb)	brush down (verb)
censure severely or angrily	reprimand

Difference between berate and brush down

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