Deter vs Rebuff - What's the difference?
deter | rebuff |
To prevent something from happening.
To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 10.
A sudden resistance or refusal.
Repercussion, or beating back.
* Milton
To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.
To buff again.
As verbs the difference between deter and rebuff
is that deter is to prevent something from happening while rebuff is to refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.As a noun rebuff is
a sudden resistance or refusal.deter
English
Verb
(deterr)- we have in following enquiry, attempted to throw some light upon subjects, from which uncertainty has hitherto deterred the wise
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* ----rebuff
English
Noun
(en noun)- He was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal.
- the strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud