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Reprimanded vs Rebutted - What's the difference?

reprimanded | rebutted |

As verbs the difference between reprimanded and rebutted

is that reprimanded is (reprimand) while rebutted is (rebut).

reprimanded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (reprimand)

    • reprimand

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
  • * Macaulay
    • Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To reprove in a formal or official way.
  • * 1983 . Rosen, Stanley. Plato’s Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image. South Bend, Indiana, USA: St. Augustine’s Press. p. 62.
    • He is struck by Antinous, who is in turn reprimanded by one of the “proud young men” courting Penelope:

    Synonyms

    * See also

    See also

    * admonish * admonition * rebuke * reprehend * reprehension * reproof * reproval * reprove

    rebutted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (rebut)

    • Anagrams

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    rebut

    English

    Verb

    (rebutt)
  • To drive back or beat back; to repulse.
  • * Spenser
    • Who him, recount'ring fierce, as hawk in flight, / Perforce rebutted back.
  • (senseid)To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.

    • Derived terms

    * rebuttal * rebutter

    References

    * " rebut, v. " listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (second edition, 1989)

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