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Retract vs Retrude - What's the difference?

retract | retrude |

As verbs the difference between retract and retrude

is that retract is to pull back inside while retrude is to thrust back.

retract

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To pull back inside.
  • An airplane retracts its wheels for flight.
  • (ambitransitive) To draw back; to draw up.
  • Muscles retract after amputation.
    A cat can retract its claws.
  • To take back or withdraw something one has said.
  • I retract all the accusations I made about the senator and sincerely hope he won't sue me.
  • * Bishop Stillingfleet
  • I would as freely have retracted this charge of idolatry as I ever made it.
  • * Granville
  • She will, and she will not; she grants, denies, / Consents, retracts , advances, and then flies.
  • To take back, as a grant or favour previously bestowed; to revoke.
  • (Woodward)

    Synonyms

    * take back * withcall * withdraw

    See also

    * unsay * unspeak

    retrude

    English

    Verb

    (retrud)
  • To thrust back.
  • (Webster 1913) ----