Rebound vs Reaction - What's the difference?
rebound | reaction |
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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(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.
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To give back an echo.
(figuratively) To jump up or get back up again.
To send back; to reverberate.
* Dryden
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An action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event
(chemistry) A transformation in which one or more substances is converted into another by combination or decomposition
As nouns the difference between rebound and reaction
is that rebound is the recoil of an object bouncing off another while reaction is .As a verb rebound
is to bound or spring back from a force or rebound can be (rebind).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.
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- (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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*reaction
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Noun
(en noun)- The announcement of the verdict brought a violent reaction .
- You were in the courtroom. What is your reaction ?
- When I last tried to eat strawberries I had a terrible allergic reaction .
- In this reaction , the acid and base will neutralize each other, producing a salt.