different between discard vs rebuff

English

Etymology

From dis- +? card. Compare Spanish descartar.

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s?k??d/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /d?s?k??d/
• (noun)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?sk??d/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?d?sk??d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d

Verb

discard (third-person singular simple present discards, present participle discarding, simple past and past participle discarded)

1. (transitive) to throw away, to reject.
   • 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening

     A man discards the follies of boyhood.
2. (intransitive, card games) To make a discard; to throw out a card.
3. To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.

Synonyms

• (throw away): cast away, dismiss, dispose, eliminate, get rid of, throw away; See also Thesaurus:junk
• (dismiss from employment): fire, let go, sack; see also Thesaurus:lay off

Translations

Noun

discard (plural discards)

1. Anything discarded.
2. A discarded playing card in a card game.
3. (programming) A temporary variable used to receive a value of no importance and unable to be read later.
   • 2017, Andrew Troelsen, Philip Japikse, Pro C# 7: With .NET and .NET Core (page 120)

     Discards can be used with out parameters, with tuples, with pattern matching (Chapters 6 and 8), or even as stand-alone variables.

Translations

Further reading

• discard in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• discard in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• ID cards

English

Etymology 1

From Middle French rebuffer (compare French rebiffer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???b?f/
• Rhymes: -?f

Noun

rebuff (plural rebuffs)

1. A sudden resistance or refusal.

   He was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal.

2. Repercussion, or beating back.

Translations

Verb

rebuff (third-person singular simple present rebuffs, present participle rebuffing, simple past and past participle rebuffed)

1. To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.

Translations

Etymology 2

re- +? buff

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i??b?f/

Verb

rebuff (third-person singular simple present rebuffs, present participle rebuffing, simple past and past participle rebuffed)

1. (transitive) To buff again.

Anagrams

• buffer