Hostile vs Rebuttal - What's the difference?
hostile | rebuttal |
Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly
The act of refuting something by making a contrary argument, or presenting contrary evidence.
A statement, designed to refute or negate specific arguments put forward by opponents.
(legal) A pleading by a defendant in reply to the evidence put forward by a plaintiff or the prosecution.
As nouns the difference between hostile and rebuttal
is that hostile is (chiefly|in the plural) an enemy while rebuttal is the act of refuting something by making a contrary argument, or presenting contrary evidence.As an adjective hostile
is belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly.hostile
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Adjective
(en adjective)- a hostile force
- hostile intentions
- a hostile country
- hostile to a sudden change
