stricture vs tirade

stricture

• A sternly critical remark or review. 

• The degree of contact, in consonants. 

• Abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body. 

• A general state of restrictiveness on behavior, action, or ideology. 

• A rule restricting behaviour or action. 

tirade

• A long, angry or violent speech. 

• A section of verse concerning a single theme. 

• To make a long, angry or violent speech, a tirade.