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Taka Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Scold

Do you native speakers see any difference between scolding and getting angry?
  

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Yes. I not frequently get angry, but I haven't scolded anyone for years. You can scold people without being particularly angry.

— Fivejedjon

  • Yes.
  • I not frequently get angry, but I haven't scolded anyone for years.
  • You can scold people without being particularly angry.
  • Have you looked up 'scold' in a dictionary?
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Yes. I not frequently get angry, but I haven't scolded anyone for years. You can scold people without being particularly angry. Have you looked up 'scold' in a dictionary?
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fivejedjonHave you looked up 'scold' in a dictionary?
Yes. Definitions from some dictionaries:

scold: to criticize someone, especially a child, severely and usually angrily for something they have done wrong.
scold:to reprimand or criticize harshly and usually angrily.

So I wondered what the difference was.
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If you scold a child, you reprimand him or her. You are often, but not necessarily angry with them or their behaviour.

Any one of a number of things can make you angry. No other person need be involved.
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Is it safe to say that mostly scolding is based on reason whereas getting angry is based on emotions?
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