What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Refunded vs Defunded - What's the difference?

refunded | defunded |

As verbs the difference between refunded and defunded

is that refunded is (refund) while defunded is (defund).

refunded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (refund)

    • Anagrams

    *

    refund

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.
    • A governor, that had pillaged the people, was sentenced to refund what he had wrongfully taken. — L'Estrange.
    If you find this computer for sale anywhere at a lower price, we'll refund you the difference.
  • (obsolete) To supply again with funds.
    • to refund a railroad loan
  • (obsolete, rare) To pour back.
    • Were the humours of the eye tinctured with any colour, they would refund that colour upon the object. — Ray.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An amount of money returned.
    • If the camera is faulty, you can return it to the store where you bought it for a refund.

    Anagrams

    * English heteronyms

    defunded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (defund)

    • defund

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cancel funding for.
  • * 1996 , Amy Gutmann, Dennis Frank Thompson, Democracy and Disagreement
    • Did the Arizona legislators satisfy the principles of deliberation when they decided to defund organ transplants?
  • * 2003 , David E Lewis, Presidents and the Politics of Agency Design
    • However, when Congress has attempted to defund a presidential agency, presidents have responded by creating new agencies to perform similar functions.
  • * 2010 , "Coming back to bite him", The Economist , 14 Oct 2010:
    • So Republicans are planning instead a strategy of “defunding ” the new health law.

    Anagrams

    *