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Refuted vs Reputed - What's the difference?

refuted | reputed |

As verbs the difference between refuted and reputed

is that refuted is (refute) while reputed is (repute).

As an adjective reputed is

pertaining to a reputation accorded to another.

refuted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (refute)

    • refute

    English

    Verb

    (refut)
  • To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.
  • *
  • To deny the truth or correctness of (something).
  • *

    • 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.

    Synonyms

    * : debunk, disprove, rebut * (deny the truth or correctness): deny, gainsay, rebut, reject, repudiate

    Antonyms

    * : demonstrate, prove * (deny the truth or correctness): accept, embrace

    Related terms

    * refutability * refutable * refutably * refutal * refutation * refuted * refuter

    reputed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (repute)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to a reputation accorded to another.
    • 1904' ''The other young ladies of Sulaco stood in awe of her character and accomplishments. She was '''reputed to be terribly learned and serious.'' — Joseph Conrad, ''Nostramo Part 2, Chapter 1.
  • Pertaining to that which is supposed or assumed to be true.
    • 1859' ''Mr H. C. Watson has marked for me in the well-sifted London Catalogue of plants (4th edition) 63 plants which are therein ranked as species, but which he considers as so closely allied to other species as to be of doubtful value: these 63 '''reputed species range on an average over 6.9 of the provinces into which Mr Watson has divided Great Britain.'' — Charles Darwin, ''On the Origin of Species , Chapter 2.

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