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Setback vs Rebuff - What's the difference?

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Setback is a related term of rebuff.


As nouns the difference between setback and rebuff

is that setback is an obstacle, delay, or disadvantage while rebuff is a sudden resistance or refusal.

As a verb rebuff is

to refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.

setback

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An obstacle, delay, or disadvantage.
    • After some initial setbacks , the expedition went safely on its way.
  • (US) The required distance between a structure and a road.
  • (architecture) A step-like recession in a wall.
    • Setbacks were initially used for structural reasons, but now are often mandated by land use codes.
  • (possibly archaic) A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.
  • A backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse.

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    rebuff

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sudden resistance or refusal.
    • He was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal.
  • Repercussion, or beating back.
  • * Milton
    • the strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.
  • To buff again.

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