Repeal vs Deter - What's the difference?
repeal | deter |
To cancel, invalidate, annul.
To recall; to summon (a person) again.
* Shakespeare
To suppress; to repel.
* Milton
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.
In lang=en terms the difference between repeal and deter
is that repeal is to cancel, invalidate, annul while deter is to persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.As verbs the difference between repeal and deter
is that repeal is to cancel, invalidate, annul while deter is to prevent something from happening.As a noun repeal
is an act or instance of repealing.repeal
English
Verb
(en verb)- to repeal a law
- The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, / And with uplifted arms is safe arrived.
- Whence Adam soon repealed / The doubts that in his heart arose.
Synonyms
* annul, cancel, invalidate, revoke, vetoAnagrams
*deter
English
Verb
(deterr)- we have in following enquiry, attempted to throw some light upon subjects, from which uncertainty has hitherto deterred the wise