How can you differentiate critique from criticism?

Criticism finds fault/Critique looks at structure

Criticism looks for what's lacking/Critique finds what's working

Criticism condemns what it doesn't understand/Critique asks for clarification

Criticism is spoken with a cruel wit and sarcastic tongue/Critique's voice is kind, honest, and objective

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Criticism is negative/Critique is positive (even about what isn't working)

Criticism is vague and general/Critique is concrete and specific

Criticism has no sense of humor/Critique insists on laughter, too

Criticism looks for flaws in the writer as well as the writing/Critique addresses only what is on the page

Explanation:

critique can be used as a verb, like you are critiquing someone. criticism is a noun as it is used like he gave me criticism.

pitch- the definition of pitch is as follows:

"the quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness or lowness of a tone."