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Rebut vs Preclude - What's the difference?

rebut | preclude |

As verbs the difference between rebut and preclude

is that rebut is to drive back or beat back; to repulse while preclude is remove the possibility of; (l); prevent or exclude; to make (l).

rebut

English

Verb

(rebutt)
  • To drive back or beat back; to repulse.
  • * Spenser
    • Who him, recount'ring fierce, as hawk in flight, / Perforce rebutted back.
  • (senseid)To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.

    • Derived terms

    * rebuttal * rebutter

    References

    * " rebut, v. " listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (second edition, 1989)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    preclude

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Verb

    (preclud)
  • Remove the possibility of; (l); prevent or exclude; to make (l).
    • It has been raining for days, but that doesn’t preclude the possibility that the skies will clear by this afternoon!
  • * {{quote-web
    • , date = 2013-08-09 , author = Douglas Main , title = Israel Outlaws Water Fluoridation , site = livescience , url = http://www.livescience.com/38796-israel-outlaws-water-fluoridation.html , accessdate = 2013-09-30 }}
    Israel's decision to ban fluoridation follows a vote to preclude the practice in Portland, Ore., and Wichita, Kan. It was also recently overturned in Hamilton, the fourth most populous city in New Zealand.

    Derived terms

    * precludable * preclusion * preclusive * preclusively