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Rebuked vs Rebused - What's the difference?

rebuked | rebused |

As verbs the difference between rebuked and rebused

is that rebuked is (rebuke) while rebused is (rebus).

rebuked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (rebuke)

  • rebuke

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A harsh criticism.
  • * 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
  • There was the sternness of an old-fashioned Tour patron in his rebuke to the young Frenchman Pierre Rolland, the only one to ride away from the peloton and seize the opportunity for a lone attack before being absorbed back into the bunch, where he was received with coolness.

    Verb

    (rebuk)
  • To criticise harshly; to reprove.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    rebused

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (rebus)

  • rebus

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia rebus) (es)
  • A kind of word puzzle which uses pictures to represent words or parts of words.
  • (heraldry) A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs.
  • Verb

  • To mark or indicate by a rebus.
  • * Fuller
  • He [John Morton] had a fair library rebused with More in text and Tun under it.

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