blaming/scodling his daughter

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LewisJian

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The short-tempered father is blaming his daughter.


Hi,
The above is a stand-alone sentence. Is blaming equal to scolding? Thanks.
 

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No. Look up the meanings of these words here, and bookmark the OneLook site for future reference.
 

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You can blame someone without scolding them.
 

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I think it is also possible to scold someone without blaming them for anything.
 

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The two aren't mutually implicative. For example, I blame the OP for the typo in the subject-line of this string, but nobody has scolded anyone. :)

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I find this mistake often among native Chinese speakers. It must have something to do with the translation.
 

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I used to be mistaken until I ignored the Chinese translations and read the English definitions.
 
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