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Repulsion vs Repulse - What's the difference?

repulsion | repulse |

Repulse is a related term of repulsion.



As nouns the difference between repulsion and repulse

is that repulsion is the act of repelling or the condition of being repelled while repulse is the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.

As a verb repulse is

to repel or drive back.

repulsion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of repelling or the condition of being repelled.
  • An extreme dislike of something, or hostility to something.
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    • , title= 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.}}
  • (physics) The repulsive force acting between bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic polarity.

    • Antonyms

    * attraction

    Related terms

    * repel * repulsive * repellent

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    repulse

    English

    Verb

  • to repel or drive back
    • to repulse''' an assault; to '''repulse the enemy
  • to reject or rebuff
    • to repulse a suitor
  • to cause revulsion

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed
  • refusal, rejection or repulsion

    • Related terms

    * repel * repellent * repulsion * repulsive

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