Rebound vs Comeback - What's the difference?
rebound | comeback |
The recoil of an object bouncing off another.
A return to health or well-being; a recovery.
An effort to recover from a setback.
A romantic partner with whom one begins a relationship (or the relationship one begins) for the sake of getting over a previous, recently-ended romantic relationship.
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(sports) The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player, the crossbar or goalpost.
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, date=December 28
, author=Kevin Darling
, title=West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn
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(basketball) An instance of catching the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without a basket being scored, generally credited to a particular player.
To bound or spring back from a force.
* Sir Isaac Newton
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, author=Alasdair Lamont
, title=Hearts 0-1 Liverpool
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To give back an echo.
(figuratively) To jump up or get back up again.
To send back; to reverberate.
* Dryden
(rebind)
A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=February 5
, author=Paul Fletcher
, title=Newcastle 4 - 4 Arsenal
, work=BBC
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, date=December 6
, author= alim17
, title=Girls' Generation rumored to make a comeback in early 2014!
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A retort or answer, particularly a quick or clever one.
As nouns the difference between rebound and comeback
is that rebound is the recoil of an object bouncing off another while comeback is a return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity.As a verb rebound
is to bound or spring back from a force.rebound
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) rebondir.Noun
(en noun)- I am on the rebound .
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Verb
(en verb)- Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another.
citation, page= , passage=Martin Kelly fired in a dangerous cross and the Hearts defender looked on in horror as the ball rebounded off him and into the net.}}
- (Alexander Pope)
- Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound , / And carry to the skies the sacred sound.
See also
* bound (verb)Etymology 2
see rebindVerb
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*comeback
English
Noun
(en noun)- That fad went out with the eighties, but I think it's making a comeback .
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- I wish I had thought of a quick comeback for his comment.