dress down vs criticize

dress down and criticize both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

dress down (verb)	criticize (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