different between rebut vs retaliate

English

Etymology

Entered English around 1302–1307, from Old French reboter, rebuter, rebouter, etc., from re- + boter, buter, bouter (“to butt”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??.?b?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Verb

rebut (third-person singular simple present rebuts, present participle rebutting, simple past and past participle rebutted)

1. To drive back or beat back; to repulse.
3. To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.

Usage notes

• See refute.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• "rebut, v." listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (second edition, 1989)

Anagrams

• Ubert, brute, buret, tuber

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /r??but/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /re?but/
• Rhymes: -ut

Noun

rebut m (plural rebuts)

1. receipt (acknowledgement that something has been received)

   Synonym: rebuda

Verb

rebut m (feminine rebuda, masculine plural rebuts, feminine plural rebudes)

1. past participle of rebre

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.by/

Verb

rebut

1. third-person singular past historic of reboire

Noun

rebut m (plural rebuts)

1. (archaic) casting-off, throwing-away
2. cast-off; scrap, rubbish
3. scum, dreg
4. dead letter

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• brute, buter, tuber

English

Etymology

From Latin retali?tus, past participle of retali? (“to requite, retaliate”), from re- (“back, again”) + talis (“such”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???tæli.e?t/

Verb

retaliate (third-person singular simple present retaliates, present participle retaliating, simple past and past participle retaliated)

1. (intransitive) To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.

   John insulted Peter to retaliate for Peter's acid remark earlier.

   Many companies have policies in place to prevent bosses from retaliating against allegations of harassment.

2. (transitive) To repay or requite by an act of the same kind.
   • 1638, Sir Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels into Africa and Asia the Great

     One ambassador sent word to the duke's son that his visit should be retaliated.

   • 1713-174, Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus Preface

     It is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate the injuries of authors, whose works are so soon forgotten that we are in danger of appearing the first aggressors.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:avenge

Derived terms

• retaliation
• retaliative
• retaliatory

Translations

References

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• aliterate