Disclaimer vs Refute - What's the difference?
disclaimer | refute |
One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.
A public disavowal, as of pretensions, claims, opinions, and the like.
(legal) A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate.
To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.
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To deny the truth or correctness of (something).
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As a noun disclaimer
is one who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.As a verb refute is
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(Webster 1913)Noun
(wikipedia disclaimer) (en noun)refute
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(refut)Usage notes
The second meaning of (refute) (to deny the truth of) is proscribed as erroneous by some(compare Merriam Webster,1994). An alternative term with such a meaning is (repudiate), which means to reject or refuse to acknowledge, but without the implication of justification. However, this distinction does not exist in the original Latin , which can apply to both senses.