different between rebuff vs affliction

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English affliction, affliccioun, from Old French afliction, from Latin afflictio, from affligere. See afflict.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??fl?k??n/
• Hyphenation: af?flic?tion

Noun

affliction (countable and uncountable, plural afflictions)

1. A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
2. Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
   • 1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!:

     She wore a man's long ulster (not as if it were an affliction, but as if it were very comfortable and belonged to her; carried it like a young soldier) [...]

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French afliction, from Latin afflictio, from affligere.

Pronunciation

Noun

affliction f (plural afflictions)

1. (countable and uncountable) affliction

Further reading

• “affliction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).