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Appel vs Rappel - What's the difference?

appel | rappel |

As nouns the difference between appel and rappel

is that appel is an act of striking the ground with the leading foot to frighten, distract, or mislead one's opponent while rappel is descending by means of a rope, abseiling.

As verbs the difference between appel and rappel

is that appel is obsolete spelling of lang=en while rappel is to call back a hawk.

appel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (fencing) An act of striking the ground with the leading foot to frighten, distract, or mislead one's opponent.

    • Hypernyms

    * (fencing) feint

    Verb

    (en verb)

    • Anagrams

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    rappel

    English

    Etymology 1

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Descending by means of a rope, abseiling.

    • Verb

    (wikipedia rappel)
  • (label) to call back a hawk
  • to abseil

    • Etymology 2

    . Compare (repeal).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A drumbeat pattern for calling soldiers to gather.

    • Anagrams

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