dress down vs criticise

dress down and criticise both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dress down	No	No	Yes	No
criticise	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, criticise is a hypernym of dress down; that is, criticise is a word with a broader meaning than dress down:

dress down: censure severely or angrily
criticise: find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws

Other hypernyms of dress down include criticize, knock, pick apart.

dress down (verb)	criticise (verb)
dress informally and casually	find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
censure severely or angrily	act as a critic