Rebut vs Disprove - What's the difference?
rebut | disprove |
To drive back or beat back; to repulse.
* Spenser
(senseid)To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.
To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
Disprove is a synonym of rebut.
As verbs the difference between rebut and disprove
is that rebut is to drive back or beat back; to repulse while disprove is to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.rebut
English
Verb
(rebutt)- Who him, recount'ring fierce, as hawk in flight, / Perforce rebutted back.
Derived terms
* rebuttal * rebutterReferences
* "rebut, v." listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (second edition, 1989)