Combat vs Repel - What's the difference?
combat | repel | Synonyms |
A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used); a struggle for victory.
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*:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat : "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."
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, title= To fight with; to struggle for victory against.
* Milton
* , 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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Combat is a synonym of repel.
As verbs the difference between combat and repel
is that combat is to fight with; to struggle for victory against while repel is .As a noun combat
is a battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used); a struggle for victory.combat
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(wikipedia combat)Noun
The British Longitude Act Reconsidered, passage=Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat .}}
Derived terms
* combat payVerb
- To combat with a blind man I disdain.
Anagrams
* ----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.}}