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Rebuff vs Catastrophe - What's the difference?

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Rebuff is a related term of catastrophe.


As verbs the difference between rebuff and catastrophe

is that rebuff is to refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out while catastrophe is .

As a noun rebuff

is a sudden resistance or refusal.

rebuff

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sudden resistance or refusal.
  • He was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal.
  • Repercussion, or beating back.
  • * Milton
  • the strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.
  • To buff again.
  • Anagrams

    *

    catastrophe

    Alternative forms

    * (now rare) *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any large and disastrous event of great significance.
  • (insurance) A disaster beyond expectations
  • (narratology) The dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot in a tragedy.
  • (mathematics) A type of bifurcation, where a system shifts between two stable states.
  • Synonyms

    *nakba

    Derived terms

    * catastrophe bond * catastrophe theory