What's the difference between chide and reprimand?

Chide


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with.
  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against.
  • (v. i.) To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
  • (v. i.) To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.
  • (n.) A continuous noise or murmur.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It was also chided for failing to roll out a 2011 pilot scheme to put doors on fridges in its stores.
  • (2) 'We need deeds, not words': bombs fall on Aleppo as MPs debate Syria Read more He also chided the UK foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, for calling for demonstrations outside the Russian embassy in London , saying it was necessary to be mindful of the welfare of diplomatic staff in Britain’s Moscow embassy.
  • (3) Even critical outlets end up promoting the Kremlin’s line by reporting what is essentially non-news Whenever RIA would quote Navalny’s statements in its campaign news reports, as any normal news outlet would do when covering a political campaign, Putin’s deputy chief of staff Alexei Gromov would call the agency’s editor in chief, Svetlana Mironyuk, and chide her.
  • (4) The MPs also chided the health secretary, Andrew Lansley , for peddling a price tag for his white paper proposals that was produced for the last government: "It is unhelpful for the government to continue to cite the £1.7bn figure, as it does not relate to specific proposals."
  • (5) Joe Grice, chief economist at the UK's Office for National Statistics, is always chiding journalists for not loooking at the long term trend in GDP data, and maybe we need to take the same healthy scepticism to today's figures from Japan 9.03am BST Telecoms giants enter tariff battle Bloomberg is reporting that Nokia and Ericsson have told the EU to drop a probe into unfair subsidies for Chinese phone makers.
  • (6) Iran's president strongly chided the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Wednesday, saying it was discrediting itself by siding with "absurd" US accusations.
  • (7) They say she is doing debate prep, but she is just resting.” He also chided Clinton for saying he had entered her personal space on the debate stage in St Louis last Sunday.
  • (8) Ali responded to the gentle chiding, and appreciated room in which to move verbally.
  • (9) Over the past two days Obama has been gently chiding Europe to do more in Afghanistan on the basis that he has recalibrated his Afghan strategy to put more emphasis on civilian reconstruction and the drawing in of key regional players, such as Iran and Pakistan.
  • (10) When I went there I was surprised to see all these overweight people on the streets – but when I came back home, McDonald’s was everywhere and there were all these bigger people on our own streets.” As we chatted, she chided her partner for his fondness for fried food and huge portions, then confided that the worst aspect of the change in her homeland was seeing so many overweight children.
  • (11) Even on foreign policy, the central issue upon which Republicans have attacked Obama and Clinton, as his former secretary of state, she chided her critics for lacking a coherent plan of their own.
  • (12) Another chided her: 'I just want to tell you how uneducated and stupid you came off.
  • (13) As Barbara Castle once chided her old pal, Michael Foot, he’s “grown soft on a diet of soft options,” not quite a pacifist (so he says) but opposed to passing wars and the legitimacy of force in a harsh world.
  • (14) Giving evidence, Murdoch chided Dinsmore for going "a little too far in his enthusiasm".
  • (15) As well as chiding the chancellor, Balls was critical of Moody's, and warned it was important not get carried away with what it or other ratings agencies said.
  • (16) The UK, in a statement to the conference, confirmed its unerring commitment to the ATT, and chided those who might criticise treaty violators because “this could deter others joining”.
  • (17) Then he chides her: "There is a danger of which I would ... warn you.
  • (18) Prickly, protective of her private life and not averse to calling journalists to chide them for what she claims are errors – such as reporting that Hollande dyed his hair – Trierweiler has been dubbed "Tweetweiler" for tweeting her disapproval whenever she feels wronged by the media.
  • (19) That was the main theme of my MacTaggart lecture last year in Edinburgh, in which I chided the government’s consistent running down of the BBC.
  • (20) As archbishop of Buenos Aires, the man who was still known then as Jorge Bergoglio – the son of Italian immigrants – once chided a church full of politicians for being corrupt and not doing enough for the poor.

Reprimand


Definition:

  • (n.) Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.
  • (n.) To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally.
  • (n.) To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Pardew apologised for his behaviour on Saturday night and the FA is awaiting the referee's report before deciding on action against the 52-year-old, who has been fined £100,000 by Newcastle and severely reprimanded by the club .
  • (2) The newspaper reported that the claims "would appear to be at odds with parliamentary rules" after the former Labour minister Tony McNulty was reprimanded for allowing his parents to live in his second home, which was subsidised by the taxpayer.
  • (3) According to sources, the incident prompted James Harding , the director of BBC News, to send a note reprimanding Paxman for his public criticism of the corporation.
  • (4) It is clearly an option, and it is something that the government considers, but the way to take that option away is for the senators to pass those bills.” Muir said he did not respond well to those kinds of threats, saying that union leaders who spoke to employees in such a way would be reprimanded.
  • (5) It would be easy to efficiently cut him down with the word “rapist”, particularly when I will not face any reprimands for my own imperfect behaviour during the relationship.
  • (6) Teachers report using both reprimands and encouragement as strategies to reduce off-task behavior in the classroom.
  • (7) It "failed to recognise the significance" of damage to a gas fracking well in 2011 and did not report it to government officials for six months, leading to a stern reprimand by the energy minister, papers released under the Freedom of Information Act show.
  • (8) Reprimands proved superior to No Feedback in reducing off-task behavior, but Encouragement did not.
  • (9) She has allegedly received several disciplinary reprimands, including the complaint that she did not respond to a 5:30am wake-up call.
  • (10) I have not spoken much about these things, and I was reprimanded for that.
  • (11) "HE [Her Excellency Joyce Banda] called me this morning and reprimanded me for issuing the statement without consulting Steve, my boss," the message says.
  • (12) There was even an appeal judge reprimanded over a driving ban but his name seems to have slipped off the bottom of the 2012 list .
  • (13) A woman captured on video slapping her teenage son for taking part in the Baltimore riots, a reprimand that went viral online, won praise from the city’s police commissioner and was heralded on social media as “mum of the year”.
  • (14) The wanton slaughter of two dozen civilians in Haditha, Iraq and the severe and even lethal torture of Afghan detainees generated, at worst, shockingly short jail time for the killers and, usually, little more than letters of reprimand.
  • (15) Jeremy Paxman was reprimanded by the BBC's director of news over negative comments he made about the corporation before the announcement of his departure from Newsnight , it has emerged.
  • (16) They were subsequently informed that the victim responded with interpersonal aggression or with a verbal reprimand.
  • (17) He appeared to reprimand Kennedy for speaking out in a public meeting rather than raising her concerns during the private consultations that take place with major investors.
  • (18) The FSA warned last month that City firms faced fines and public reprimands unless they could name the individuals responsible for ensuring clients' money was kept separate from overall funds.
  • (19) Only those with no deductions at all, even for a minor reprimand, are allowed to go on an end-of-term trip.
  • (20) The results indicate that the manner in which reprimands are delivered is critical in influencing children's misbehavior, but the role of nurturance during disciplinary situations is less clear.