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Rebound vs Shave - What's the difference?

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Rebound is a related term of shave.


In lang=en terms the difference between rebound and shave

is that rebound is to send back; to reverberate while shave is to cut finely, as with slices of meat.

As nouns the difference between rebound and shave

is that rebound is the recoil of an object bouncing off another while shave is an instance of shaving.

As verbs the difference between rebound and shave

is that rebound is to bound or spring back from a force or rebound can be (rebind) while shave is to make bald by using a tool such as a razor or pair of electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.

rebound

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) rebondir.

Noun

(en noun)
  • The recoil of an object bouncing off another.
  • A return to health or well-being; a recovery.
  • I am on the rebound .
  • 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.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2010 , date=December 28 , author=Kevin Darling , title=West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The inevitable Baggies onslaught followed as substitute Simon Cox saw his strike excellently parried by keeper Bunn, with Cox heading the rebound down into the ground and agonisingly over the bar. }}
  • (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.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bound or spring back from a force.
  • * Sir Isaac Newton
  • Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another.
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  • , year=2012 , date=August 23 , author=Alasdair Lamont , title=Hearts 0-1 Liverpool , work=BBC Sport 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.}}
  • To give back an echo.
  • (figuratively) To jump up or get back up again.
  • (Alexander Pope)
  • To send back; to reverberate.
  • * Dryden
  • Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound , / And carry to the skies the sacred sound.

    See also

    * bound (verb)

    Etymology 2

    see rebind

    Verb

    (head)
  • (rebind)
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    shave

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) shaven, schaven, from (etyl) , (etyl) skafa.

    Verb

  • To make bald by using a tool such as a razor or pair of electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.
  • To cut anything in this fashion.
  • The labourer with the bending scythe is seen / Shaving the surface of the waving green.
  • To remove hair from one's face by this means.
  • I had little time to shave this morning.
  • To cut finely, as with slices of meat.
  • To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
  • * Milton
  • Now shaves with level wing the deep.
  • * 1899 ,
  • (archaic) To be hard and severe in a bargain with; to practice extortion on; to cheat.
  • (US, slang, dated, transitive) To buy (a note) at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it more than the legal rate allows.
  • Derived terms
    * aftershave * reshave * shave brush / shaving brush * shaving bump * shave cream / shaving cream * shave foam / shaving foam * shave down * shave off * shaveling * unshaved

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) sceafa

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of shaving.
  • I instructed the barber to give me a shave .
  • A thin slice; a shaving.
  • (Wright)
  • (US, slang, dated) An exorbitant discount on a note.
  • (US, slang, dated) A premium paid for an extension of the time of delivery or payment, or for the right to vary a stock contract in any particular.
  • A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a spokeshave.
  • Derived terms
    * close shave

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