censure vs tell off

censure

verb
  • To criticize harshly. 

  • To formally rebuke. 

noun
  • An official reprimand. 

  • Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment. 

  • The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension. 

tell off

verb
  • To rebuke, to reprimand, or to admonish, often in a harsh, angry, direct way. 

  • To count (members of a sequence), to enumerate. 

  • To divide and practise a regiment or company in the several formations, preparatory to marching to the general parade for field exercises. 

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