Rebutted vs Refuted - What's the difference?
rebutted | refuted |
(rebut)
To drive back or beat back; to repulse.
* Spenser
(senseid)To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.
(refute)
To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.
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To deny the truth or correctness of (something).
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As verbs the difference between rebutted and refuted
is that rebutted is (rebut) while refuted is (refute).rebutted
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*rebut
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(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
* ----refuted
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(head)refute
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(refut)Usage notes
The second meaning of (refute) (to deny the truth of) is proscribed as erroneous by some(compare Merriam Webster,1994). An alternative term with such a meaning is (repudiate), which means to reject or refuse to acknowledge, but without the implication of justification. However, this distinction does not exist in the original Latin , which can apply to both senses.