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Recut vs Rebut - What's the difference?

recut | rebut |

As verbs the difference between recut and rebut

is that recut is to cut again while rebut is to drive back or beat back; to repulse.

recut

English

Verb

  • to cut again

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    rebut

    English

    Verb

    (rebutt)
  • To drive back or beat back; to repulse.
  • * Spenser
    • Who him, recount'ring fierce, as hawk in flight, / Perforce rebutted back.
  • (senseid)To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.

    • Derived terms

    * rebuttal * rebutter

    References

    * " rebut, v. " listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (second edition, 1989)

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