different between rebound vs deflection

English

Etymology 1

From Old French rebondir.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?i?ba?nd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??iba?nd/

Noun

rebound (plural rebounds)

1. The recoil of an object bouncing off another.
2. A return to health or well-being; a recovery.

3. An effort to recover from a setback.
4. (colloquial) A romantic partner with whom one begins a relationship (or the relationship one begins) for the sake of getting over a previous, recently-ended romantic relationship.
5. (sports) The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player, the crossbar or goalpost.
6. (basketball) An instance of catching the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without a basket being scored, generally credited to a particular player.

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Derived terms

• rebound effect
• rebound phenomenon
• rebound relationship
• rebound tenderness
• rebound therapy
• rebound volleyball

Verb

rebound (third-person singular simple present rebounds, present participle rebounding, simple past and past participle rebounded)

1. To bound or spring back from a force.

   • Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another.
2. To give back an echo.
   • a. 1714, Alexander Pope, Autumn

     each cave and echoing rock rebounds

3. (figuratively) To jump up or get back up again.
4. (transitive) To send back; to reverberate.

   • Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound, / And carry to the skies the sacred sound.

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See also

• bound (verb)

Etymology 2

see rebind

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ib??nd/

Verb

rebound

1. simple past tense and past participle of rebind

Anagrams

• bounder, unbored, unrobed

English

Alternative forms

• deflexion (British)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??fl?k??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d??fl?k??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

deflection (countable and uncountable, plural deflections)

1. The act of deflecting or something deflected.
   • 1918, H. G. Wells, Joan and Peter

     The next morning Oswald stopped short in the middle of his shaving, which in his case involved the most tortuous deflections and grimacings.

2. The deviation of a needle or other indicator from its previous position.

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