different between deflect vs eject

English

Etymology

From Latin deflecto, from de- + flecto (“to bend”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??fl?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

deflect (third-person singular simple present deflects, present participle deflecting, simple past and past participle deflected)

1. (transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path.
2. (transitive, ball games) To touch the ball, often unwittingly, after a shot or a sharp pass, thereby making it unpredictable for the other players.
3. (intransitive) To deviate from its original path.
4. (transitive, figuratively) To avoid addressing (questions, criticism, etc.).

   Synonym: elude

   The Prime Minister deflected some increasingly pointed questions by claiming he had an appointment.

5. (transitive, figuratively) To divert (attention, etc.).
   • 2013, Luke Harding and Uki Goni, Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism (in The Guardian, 3 January 2013)[1]

     Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home.

Derived terms

• deflector

Related terms

• deflection

Translations

Anagrams

• clefted

English

Etymology 1

From Middle French éjecter, from Latin ?iectus, perfect passive participle of ?ici? (“to throw out”), or from ?iect?, the frequentative form of the same verb, from ?-, combining form of ex (“out”), + iaci? (“to throw”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?-j?kt?, IPA^(key): /??d??kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

eject (third-person singular simple present ejects, present participle ejecting, simple past and past participle ejected)

1. (transitive) To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
   • 2012, August 1. Peter Walker and Haroon Siddique in Guardian Unlimited, Eight Olympic badminton players disqualified for 'throwing games'

     Four pairs of women's doubles badminton players, including the Chinese top seeds, have been ejected from the Olympic tournament for trying to throw matches in an effort to secure a more favourable quarter-final draw.

2. (transitive) To throw out or remove forcefully.

3. (US, transitive) To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.
4. (usually intransitive) To forcefully project oneself or another occupant from an aircraft (or, rarely, another type of vehicle), typically using an ejection seat or escape capsule.

5. (transitive) To cause (something) to come out of a machine.

6. (intransitive) To come out of a machine.

Synonyms

• (compel (someone) to leave): boot out, discharge, dismiss, drive out, evict, expel, kick out, oust, toss, turf out; see also Thesaurus:kick out
• (throw out forcefully): throw out
• (compel (a sports player) to leave the field): kick out, send off (UK), toss
• (cause (something) to come out of a machine): remove
• (come out of a machine): come out

Hypernyms

• (forcefully project oneself or another occupant from an aircraft): bail out

Derived terms

• ejectable
• ejector

Related terms

• ejaculate
• ejaculation
• ejecta
• ejectamenta
• ejection
• ejective
• ejectment

Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin ?iectum (“(that which is) thrown out”), from ?ici? (“to throw out”) (see Etymology 1). Coined by W. K. Clifford by analogy with subject and object.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ??j?kt, IPA^(key): /?i?.d??kt/
• Rhymes: -i?d??kt

Noun

eject (countable and uncountable, plural ejects)

1. (psychology, countable) an inferred object of someone else's consciousness

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