Reject vs Overrule - What's the difference?
reject | overrule |
To refuse to accept.
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(basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.
# To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to abrogate or alter.
* Clarendon
To nullify a previous ruling by a higher power.
(legal) To dismiss or throw out (a protest or objection) at a court.
1.
to rule against or disallow the arguments of (a person):
The senator was overruled by the committee chairman.
2.
to rule or decide against (a plea, argument, etc.); reject:
to overrule an objection.
3.
to prevail over so as to change the purpose or action:
a delay that overruled our plans.
4.
to exercise control or influence over:
belief in a beneficent deity that overrules the universe.
In transitive terms the difference between reject and overrule
is that reject is to refuse to accept while overrule is to nullify a previous ruling by a higher power.As a noun reject
is something that is rejected.reject
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(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, alienoverrule
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Verb
(en-verb)- His passion and animosity overruled his conscience.
- The line judge signalled the ball was in, but this was overruled by the umpire.