Repulse vs Repel - What's the difference?
repulse | repel |
to repel or drive back
to reject or rebuff
to cause revulsion
* , II.3.7:
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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Repel is a related term of repulse.
As verbs the difference between repulse and repel
is that repulse is to repel or drive back while repel is to turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc.As a noun repulse
is the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.repulse
English
Verb
- to repulse''' an assault; to '''repulse the enemy
- to repulse a suitor
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* ----repel
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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.
Arsenal 1-0 Everton, passage=Arsenal pressed forward again after half-time but other than a venomous Walcott shot that Howard repelled with a fine one-handed save, the hosts offered little cutting edge.}}
