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chew up vs chastise

chastise vs chew up

chew up and chastise both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
chew up No No Yes No
chastise No No Yes No
As verbs, chastise is a hyponym of chew up; that is, chastise is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than chew up:
  • chew up: censure severely or angrily
  • chastise: censure severely
Other hyponyms of chew up include castigate, chasten, correct, objurgate, brush down, tell off.
chew up (verb) chastise (verb)
censure severely or angrily censure severely
Difference between chew up and chastise

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