Rebut vs Reject - What's the difference?
rebut | reject |
To drive back or beat back; to repulse.
* Spenser
(senseid)To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.
To refuse to accept.
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(basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
Reject is a synonym of rebut.
As verbs the difference between rebut and reject
is that rebut is to drive back or beat back; to repulse while reject is to refuse to accept.As a noun reject is
something that is rejected.rebut
English
Verb
(rebutt)- Who him, recount'ring fierce, as hawk in flight, / Perforce rebutted back.
Derived terms
* rebuttal * rebutterReferences
* "rebut, v." listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (second edition, 1989)