Reject vs Defeat - What's the difference?
reject | defeat |
To refuse to accept.
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(basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
To overcome in battle or contest.
To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
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To nullify
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The act of defeating or being defeated.
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In lang=en terms the difference between reject and defeat
is that reject is to refuse to accept while defeat is to reduce, to nothing, the strength of.As verbs the difference between reject and defeat
is that reject is to refuse to accept while defeat is to overcome in battle or contest.As nouns the difference between reject and defeat
is that reject is something that is rejected while defeat is the act of defeating or being defeated.reject
English
(wikipedia reject)Verb
(en verb)Synonyms
* (refuse to accept) decline, refuse, turn down, repudiate, disown, abnegate, abjure, denyAntonyms
* (refuse to accept) accept, take upSynonyms
* (something that is rejected) castaway * (an unpopular person) outcast, castaway, aliendefeat
English
Verb
(en verb)- Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
- He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes.
- In one instance he defeated his own purpose.
- The escheators defeated the right heir of his succession.
Synonyms
(To overcome in contest) * beat * conquer * overthrow * rout * vanquishNoun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Two defeats in five games coming into this contest, and a draw with Everton, ultimately cost Sir Alex Ferguson's side in what became the most extraordinary finale to the league championship since Arsenal beat Liverpool at Anfield in 1989.}}