Rebut vs Respond - What's the difference?
rebut | respond |
To drive back or beat back; to repulse.
* Spenser
(senseid)To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.
(intransitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
To act in return; to exhibit some action or effect in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response; to accord.
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(ambitransitive) To correspond with; to suit.
* Fairfax
To satisfy; to answer.
A response.
A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.
(architecture) A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch.
As verbs the difference between rebut and respond
is that rebut is to drive back or beat back; to repulse while respond is (intransitive) to say something in return; to answer; to reply.As a noun respond is
a response.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)
Anagrams
* ----respond
English
Verb
(en verb)- to respond to a question or an argument
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- For his great deeds respond his speeches great.
- The prisoner was held to respond the judgment of the court.