different between refect vs reject
refect
English
Verb
refect (third-person singular simple present refects, present participle refecting, simple past and past participle refected)
- (archaic, transitive) To refresh; restore after hunger or fatigue.
Related terms
- refectory
References
refect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
refect From the web:
- what reflects light
- what reflection
- what reflects all colors
- what reflects energy from the sun in the atmosphere
- what reflects infrared light
- what reflects sunlight
- what reflects heat
- what reflects sound
reject
English
Etymology
From Late Middle English rejecten, from Latin r?iectus, past participle of r?icere (“to throw back”), from r?- (“back”) + iacere (“to throw”). Displaced native Middle English forwerpen (“to reject”) (from Old English forweorpan), Middle English forcasten (“to reject, throw away”) (from Old Norse forkasta), Middle English skirpen (“to reject, spew out”) (from Old Norse skirpa (“to reject, spit out”)), Middle English wernen (“to refuse, reject”) (from Old English wiernan (“to refuse, reject”)), Middle English withchosen, withchesen (“to reject, choose against”) (from Old English wiþ??osan (“to reject”)).
Pronunciation
- (verb) enPR: r?j?kt?, IPA(key): /???d??kt/
- (noun) enPR: r??j?kt, IPA(key): /??i?d??kt/
- Hyphenation: re?ject
- Rhymes: -?kt
Verb
reject (third-person singular simple present rejects, present participle rejecting, simple past and past participle rejected)
- (transitive) To refuse to accept.
- (basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
- To refuse a romantic advance.
Synonyms
- (refuse to accept): decline, refuse, turn down, repudiate, disown, abnegate, abjure, deny
Antonyms
- (refuse to accept): accept, take up
Translations
Noun
reject (plural rejects)
- Something that is rejected.
- (derogatory slang) An unpopular person.
- (colloquial) a rejected defective product in a production line.
- (aviation) A rejected takeoff.
Synonyms
- (something that is rejected): castaway
- (an unpopular person): outcast, castaway, alien
- (rejected takeoff): RTO
Related terms
- rejection
Translations
reject From the web:
- what rejected mean
- what rejection does to a man
- what rejects the null hypothesis
- what rejection does to the brain
- what rejection feels like
- what rejection does to a person
- what rejection does to your brain
- what rejection teaches you
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