unfavorable judgment vs potshot

potshot vs unfavorable judgment

unfavorable judgment and potshot both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
unfavorable judgment	Yes	No	No	No
potshot	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, potshot is a hyponym of unfavorable judgment; that is, potshot is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than unfavorable judgment:

unfavorable judgment: disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings
potshot: criticism aimed at an easy target and made without careful consideration

Other hyponyms of unfavorable judgment include attack, brickbat, carping, faultfinding, attack, blast, fire, flack, flak, thrust, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval, slating, static, stricture, deprecatio.

unfavorable judgment (noun)	potshot (noun)
disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings	a shot taken at an easy or casual target (as by a pothunter)
	criticism aimed at an easy target and made without careful consideration

Difference between unfavorable judgment and potshot

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