Difference between Assail and Criticize

ASSAIL vs CRITICIZE: VERB

To attack violently, as with blows or military force; assault.
To attack verbally, as with ridicule or censure. : attack.
To trouble or beset, as with questions or doubts.
To attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack by words, hostile influence, etc..
To encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like.
To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest

To attack with reasoning, arguments, censure, abuse, criticism, appeals, entreaties, or anything that bears upon the mind or feelings: as, to assail an obnoxious person with jeers.
To fall upon; bring something to bear upon or against; come in contact with: as, the ship was assailed by a severe storm.
Synonyms Attack, Set upon, Fall upon, Assail, Assault. Attack, literally to fasten to, is the most general of these words. Set upon and fall upon have the vigor of short and familiar words, and they express a sudden, energetic attack. Assail and assault, literally to leap or spring at, are to attack vehemently and perhaps suddenly. Assault is the stronger of the two, and is especially used of attacks with personal violence, as with fists, stones, etc. All five of these words may be extended to warfare, and to contests and struggles of any kind.
Launch an attack or assault on
To fall upon with violence; assault; attack.

To examine or judge critically; utter or write criticisms upon; pass judgment upon with respect to merit or demerit; animadvert upon; discover and weigh the faults and merits of: as, to criticize a painting; to criticize a poem; to criticize conduct.
Specifically To censure; judge with severity; point out defects or faults in.
To act as a critic; judge of anything critically; utter or write critical opinions.
Express criticism of
Find fault with
Point out real or perceived flaws
To animadvert; express opinions as to particular points: followed by on.

Decry, Denounce, Censure, Beset, Attacked, Berate, Excoriate, Criticize, Lambaste, Set on, Round, Assault, Attack, Snipe, Lash out

Rebukes, Condemns, Critique, Chides, Assails, Blame, Scold, Complain, Assail, Accuse, Decry, Condemn, Denounce, Pick apart, Criticise

Lambast, Decry, Denounce, Censure, Beset, Attacked, Berate, Excoriate, Criticize, Lambaste, Round, Assault, Attack, Snipe, Lash out

Grill, Reprimand, Fault, Slam, Attacking, Comment, Censure, Snipe, Reproach, Critique, Blame, Scold, Decry, Condemn, Denounce

Phone the Major Medical Gear up or assail our showroom in your parade with questions.
Contact the Vital Medical Delivery or assail our showroom in your region with questions.
Telephone the Chief Medical Deliver or assail our showroom in your neighbourhood with questions.
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Indeed, critics frequently assail ads and other promotional materials for lacking cultural sensitivity.
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And only once in a while did the bitterness assail him.
It was a assail that resulted score drives.
When the Foe shall accuse and assail us.

Slate: We criticize ourselves for moving a little.
How many of them childishly criticize other denominations?
Amanda cannot resist the temptation to criticize him.
The controversy over the film has brought to light the most disturbing claim that to criticize the movie is to criticize the New Testament.
"If you want to criticize something Crist did when he was governor, then criticize what he did, not something the Legislature did," she said.
So, they can criticize the United Nations as easily as they can criticize anyone else.
Some topics covered include whether residents feel angry often, criticize the facility, and criticize each other, and how peaceful it is at the home.
Ironically if you ever criticize a narcissist the way they regularly criticize you, they flip out.
Trump and Republicans criticize her, the neo-con Pro Zionists criticize her, ergo, she must be this terrific agent of social change.
I probably criticize him more often than I criticize anyone else on this site.