Repulsion vs Repel - What's the difference?
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The act of repelling or the condition of being repelled.
An extreme dislike of something, or hostility to something.
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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.).
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(physics) To force away by means of a repulsive force.
To cause repulsion, cause dislike.
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(sports) To save (a shot).
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Repel is a related term of repulsion.
In physics terms the difference between repulsion and repel
is that repulsion is the repulsive force acting between bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic polarity while repel is to force away by means of a repulsive force.As a noun repulsion
is the act of repelling or the condition of being repelled.As a verb repel is
to turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc.repulsion
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Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place.}}
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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.}}