Take the tour ×  I noticed that, in the dictionary, the words
admonish, censure and reprimand can have a meaning resembling
criticize or disapprove (of) some one sharply and formally. ODO
says:  Admonish (verb): warn or reprimand someone firmly.
Censure (verb): express severe disapproval of (someone or
something), typically in a formal statement. Reprimand (verb): a
rebuke, esp. an official one.  and I'm writing about a person,
Suresh, who get such criticism from his mentor, Sanjay, with
whom he has a good work relationship. I'm considering saying
that the Suresh is admonished by Sanjay, or reprimanded by
Sanjay or censured by Sanjay.  I would like to know:  (1) Is
there a difference between those three? Would you imagine that
reprimanding Suresh is a slightly different meaning than
admonishing or censuring Suresh? (I typed all these three words
into a Google image search, and I got similar images for
admonish and reprimand. I got different images for censure.
However I cannot grasp a clear difference).  (2)