criticize vs halo

criticize

verb
  • To evaluate (something), assessing its merits and faults. 

  • To find fault (with something). 

halo

verb
  • To encircle with a halo. 

noun
  • The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity. 

  • A circular brace used to keep the head and neck in position. 

  • a circular annulus ring, frequently luminous, often golden, floating above the head 

  • nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings. 

  • The bias caused by the halo effect. 

  • A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies. 

  • A rollbar placed in front of the driver, used to protect the cockpit of an open cockpit racecar. 

  • A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere. 

  • Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs. 

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