1) Insult is motivated by malice and making the other person feel bad, while criticism is motivated by the desire to improve the other person's understanding of something.
2) When you insult someone, you attack his or her person; whereas when you criticize someone, you rebuke his or her words or actions.
3) When you insult someone, you imply that he or she can't change, but when you criticize someone, you believe that it is possible for that person to change.
4) When you criticize someone and that person doesn't change, you respect that person even though you disagree with him or her, but you insult someone whom you don't respect.
5) If someone you criticize changes, you are satisfied; but when someone you insult changes, you insult that person in a different way.
Criticism when valid and timely can be Christian, but insult is almost always unChristian.
2) When you insult someone, you attack his or her person; whereas when you criticize someone, you rebuke his or her words or actions.
3) When you insult someone, you imply that he or she can't change, but when you criticize someone, you believe that it is possible for that person to change.
4) When you criticize someone and that person doesn't change, you respect that person even though you disagree with him or her, but you insult someone whom you don't respect.
5) If someone you criticize changes, you are satisfied; but when someone you insult changes, you insult that person in a different way.
Criticism when valid and timely can be Christian, but insult is almost always unChristian.