Glut vs Repel - What's the difference?
glut | repel |
an excess, too much
* Macaulay
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That which is swallowed.
Something that fills up an opening; a clog.
A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
(mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
(bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
(architecture) An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
A block used for a fulcrum.
The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla latirostris ), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
(Webster 1913)
To fill to capacity, to satisfy all requirement or demand, to sate.
* Charles Kingsley
To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
* Tennyson
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To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.).
To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.).
To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.).
* 2011 , Ian Traynor, The Guardian , 19 May 2011:
(physics) To force away by means of a repulsive force.
To cause repulsion, cause dislike.
* 2008 , The Guardian , 26 Jan 2008:
(sports) To save (a shot).
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.glut
English
Noun
(en noun)- a glut of the market
- A glut of those talents which raise men to eminence.
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Synonyms
* excess, overabundance, plethora, slew, surfeit, surplusAntonyms
* lack * shortageVerb
- to glut one's appetite
- The realms of nature and of art were ransacked to glut the wonder, lust, and ferocity of a degraded populace.
- Like three horses that have broken fence, / And glutted all night long breast-deep in corn.
References
repel
English
Verb
(repell)- It is some satisfaction to him that is repelled , that dignities, honours, offices, are not alwayes given by desert or worth, but for love, affinitie, friendship, affection, great mens letters, or as commonly they are bought and sold.
- In nearby Zintan, rebels repelled an advance by Gaddafi's forces, killing eight and taking one prisoner, a local activist said.
- However, while the idea of a free holiday appeals enormously, I am frankly repelled by the idea of spending a couple of weeks in your company.
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