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Refuse vs Denay - What's the difference?

refuse | denay |

In obsolete transitive terms the difference between refuse and denay

is that refuse is to disown while denay is to deny, refuse.

In obsolete terms the difference between refuse and denay

is that refuse is refusal while denay is denial; refusal.

As nouns the difference between refuse and denay

is that refuse is collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage while denay is denial; refusal.

As verbs the difference between refuse and denay

is that refuse is to decline (a request or demand) while denay is to deny, refuse.

As an adjective refuse

is discarded, rejected.

refuse

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Discarded, rejected.

    • Noun

    (-)
  • (UK) Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.
    • Synonyms
    * discards * garbage (US ) * rubbish (UK ) * trash (US ) * See also

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) refuser, from .

    Verb

    (refus)
  • To decline (a request or demand).
    • My request for a pay rise was refused .
    I refuse to listen to this nonsense any more.
  • * Bible, Isa. i. 20
    • If ye refuse ye shall be devoured with the sword.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 27 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=City were outclassed thereafter and Roberto Mancini said that substitute Carlos Tevez refused to play.}}
  • To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission.
    • I asked the star if I could have her autograph, but she refused .
  • (military) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the centre, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular alignment when troops are about to engage the enemy.
    • to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks
  • (obsolete) To disown.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Refuse thy name.
    Usage notes
    * This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See
    Synonyms
    * (decline) decline, reject, nill, say no to, turn down, veto, withsake * (decline a request or demand) say no, forbear

    Noun

  • (obsolete) refusal
    • (Fairfax)
    English heteronyms English reporting verbs ----

    denay

    English

    Noun

  • (obsolete) denial; refusal
    • (Shakespeare)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To deny, refuse.
  • *(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
  • *:That with great rage he stoutly doth denay .
  • *1600 , (Edward Fairfax), The (Jerusalem Delivered) of (w), XII, xxvii:
  • *:Preserve this babe, whose mother must denay / To nourish it, preserve this harmless child.
    • (Webster 1913)