What is the difference between criticize and critique

Or are we being harsh, critical or judgmental? Is our critique helpful or hurtful? Pilar Arsenec is a writer, a reader, a book reviewer, and a vocalist. She is married with children.

You can visit her blog, Ordinary Servant , and connect with her on Facebook or Twitter. Just experienced one of the cruelest criticisms in my short writing career thus far. Unfortunately, my creativity and writing halted for a couple of weeks as I peeled my ego and dreams off the floor. I am so sorry this happened to you. I am glad you are not letting this stop you.

God wants to use you for His glory. He gave you the gift of writing to point others to Him. I pray that as time passes the sting of this unfortunate occurrence will lessen. God bless you my sister.

Was recently criticized unexpectedly, and it stings. You are so right, what an excellent article Pilar. I am terribly sorry to hear that friend. I am glad this article was helpful and blessed you. Thank you for taking the time to read it and comment. I appreciate it. The people who write movie reviews are called movie critics. People who are critics perform the action of critiquing things remember, critique means to identify both positive and negative aspects , but sometimes the word critic is also used to describe a person who only says negative things, a person who criticizes.

And finally we have the word critical , which is an adjective, and it has two meanings. When you say a person is critical of something, it means the person is finding fault. But when you say a thing is critical, it means the thing is essential, it is necessary, it is very important. For example, honesty is critical to a good relationship. But the preference for critique in academic writing often erases the valuable difference between the two words. Cook, Claire Kehrwald. Houghton Mifflin, Critique is an adaptation from French, used in English, to help improve quality of work offered by a constituent or stakeholder.

It is gentler than Criticism which is nearly the same - a critical response - except it is not always invited and can be an ego buster.