Extinction vs Repeal - What's the difference?
extinction | repeal |
The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.
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(astronomy) The absorption or scattering of electromagnetic radiation emitted by astronomical objects by intervening dust and gas before it reaches the observer.
To cancel, invalidate, annul.
To recall; to summon (a person) again.
* Shakespeare
To suppress; to repel.
* Milton
As nouns the difference between extinction and repeal
is that extinction is the action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation while repeal is an act or instance of repealing.As a verb repeal is
to cancel, invalidate, annul.extinction
English
(wikipedia extinction)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions , radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.}}
References
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English
Verb
(en verb)- to repeal a law
- The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, / And with uplifted arms is safe arrived.
- Whence Adam soon repealed / The doubts that in his heart arose.
