The difference between Blame and Upbraid

When used as nouns, blame means censure, whereas upbraid means the act of reproaching.

When used as verbs, blame means to censure (someone or something), whereas upbraid means to criticize severely.


check bellow for the other definitions of Blame and Upbraid

  1. Blame as a noun:

    Censure.

    Examples:

    "Blame came from all directions."

  2. Blame as a noun:

    Culpability for something negative or undesirable.

    Examples:

    "The blame for starting the fire lies with the arsonist."

  3. Blame as a noun:

    Responsibility for something meriting censure.

    Examples:

    "They accepted the blame, but it was an accident."

  4. Blame as a noun (computing):

    A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code.

  1. Blame as a verb:

    To censure (someone or something); to criticize.

  2. Blame as a verb (obsolete):

    To bring into disrepute.

  3. Blame as a verb (transitive, usually followed by "for"):

    To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame, to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).

    Examples:

    "The arsonist was blamed for the fire."

  1. Upbraid as a verb (transitive):

    To criticize severely.

  2. Upbraid as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; – followed by with or for, and formerly of, before the thing imputed.

  3. Upbraid as a verb (obsolete):

    To treat with contempt.

  4. Upbraid as a verb (obsolete):

    To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; – with to before the person.

  5. Upbraid as a verb (archaic, intransitive):

    To utter upbraidings.

  6. Upbraid as a verb (UK, _, dialectal, Northern England):

    To rise on the stomach; vomit; retch.

  1. Upbraid as a noun (obsolete):

    The act of reproaching; contumely.

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