Difference between Scold and Chide

SCOLD vs CHIDE: NOUN

A scolding: as, she gave him a rousing scold.
One who scolds; a scolder; especially, a noisy, railing woman; a termagant.
One who persistently nags or criticizes.
One who scolds, or makes a practice of scolding; esp., a rude, clamorous woman; a shrew.
A scolding; a brawl.
A person fond of abusive language, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.
Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault

To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at.
To express harsh or angry disapproval to someone.
To reprimand or criticize harshly and usually angrily.

To scold mildly so as to correct or improve; reprimand.
To express disapproval.
To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.

To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity.

To chide or find fault, especially with noisy clamor or railing; utter harsh rebuke, railing, or vituperation.
To chide with railing or clamor; berate; rail at.

To reprove; rebuke; reprimand; find fault with; blame; scold: as, to chide one for his faults; to chide one for his delay.
To bay, as hounds in full cry.
Figuratively, to make a clamorous or murmuring noise.
To scold; find fault; contend in words of anger; wrangle; grumble; clamor.
Synonyms To blame, censure, reproach, upbraid, reprimand.
Figuratively, to fret; chafe.
To drive or impel by chiding.
To strike by way of punishment or admonition.
To find fault about; blame; reproach: applied to things: as, to chide one's own folly.

Check, Lecture, Rag, Reproof, Remonstrate, Reprimand, Grouch, Nagger, Rebuke, Grumble, Nag, Lambast, Lambaste, Berate, Chide

Dress down, Bawl out, Chew out, Jaw, Check, Lecture, Rag, Reproof, Reprimand, Remonstrate, Rebuke, Lambast, Lambaste, Berate, Scold

Chew up, Chew out, Bawl out, Jaw, Check, Lecture, Rag, Reprimand, Grouch, Nagger, Rebuke, Grumble, Lambast, Lambaste, Berate

Reproach, Dress down, Chew up, Chew out, Bawl out, Jaw, Check, Lecture, Rag, Reprimand, Rebuke, Lambast, Lambaste, Berate, Scold

Red squirrels will chatter and scold when strangers appear.
Cops often scold the students with that fact.
Would he like it if I scold him.
Oh, faithful barbiton, how horribly thou didst scold!
Punishing a common scold in the dunking stool.
Fox said, will turn around and scold them.
Related Words: Admonish means scold or mildly criticize.
When they are mean, we lovingly scold them.
Why scold someone for something he never said?
Story would scold me, if she could scold, for aderting to such a disagreeable topic.

He uses this method to chide the white masters without bordering on the offensive.
Alief Hastings High School, testified that Appellant would chide him for not attending many of the happy hours.
Night you chide yourself for neglecting writing so frequently as you had done.
For what had he to do to chide at me?
Find him, my Lord of Westmoreland; chide him hither.
So smile the heavens upon this holy act That after hours with sorrow chide us not!
Some chide me as being unpatriotic, but it has absolutely nothing to do with that.
It was no doubt Frisk, probably here to chide Asriel.
In vain the fleeting Clouds we chide, etc.
PHEBE Sweet youth, I pray you, chide a year together: I had rather hear you chide than this man woo.