Disable vs Reject - What's the difference?
disable | reject |
To render unable; to take away an ability of.
(chiefly, of a person) To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury.
to deactivate a function of an electronical or mechanical device.
(obsolete) Lacking ability; unable.
* Daniel
To refuse to accept.
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(basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
In transitive terms the difference between disable and reject
is that disable is to render unable; to take away an ability of while reject is to refuse to accept.As an adjective disable
is lacking ability; unable.As a noun reject is
something that is rejected.disable
English
Verb
(disabl)- Falling off the horse disabled him.
- The pilot had to disable the autopilot of his airplane.
Antonyms
* enableDerived terms
* disablementAdjective
(en adjective)- Our disable and unactive force.