Difference between Criminate and Accuse

Criminate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To accuse, incriminate, impeach. To rebuke, censure, reprimand.

Accuse

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To find fault with, to blame, to censure.To charge with having committed a crime or offence.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An accusation - Shakespeare

Example sentence: People sort of accuse Tolkien of not being good with female characters, and I think that Eowyn actually proves that to be wrong to some degree. Eowyn is actually a strong female character, and she's a surprisingly modern character, considering who Tolkien actually was sort of a stuffy English professor in the 1930s and '40s.