different between refute vs disapprove

English

Etymology

From Latin ref?t?

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US): enPR: r?-fyo?ot, IPA^(key): /???fju?t/, /???fjut/
• Hyphenation: re?fute
• Rhymes: -u?t

Verb

refute (third-person singular simple present refutes, present participle refuting, simple past and past participle refuted)

1. (transitive) To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.
2. (transitive, proscribed) To deny the truth or correctness of (something).

Usage notes

• The second meaning of refute (“to deny the truth of”) is proscribed as erroneous by some (compare Merriam Webster,1994). An alternative term with such a meaning is repudiate, which means to reject or refuse to acknowledge, but without the implication of justification. However, this distinction does not exist in the original Latin ref?t? (“oppose, resist, rebut”), which can apply to both senses.
• Refute is also often confused with rebut; a rebuttal, in formal debate terms, is a counter-refutation, and it also has a specific legal sense, though like refutation, the word has taken on the informal and disputed meaning of denial.

Synonyms

• (prove (something) to be false): debunk, disprove, rebut
• (deny the truth or correctness): deny, gainsay, rebut, reject, repudiate

Antonyms

• (prove (something) to be false): demonstrate, prove
• (deny the truth or correctness): accept, embrace

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Fuerte, feuter, feutre

Portuguese

Verb

refute

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of refutar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of refutar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of refutar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of refutar

Spanish

Verb

refute

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of refutar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of refutar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of refutar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of refutar.

English

Etymology

dis- +? approve

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s??p?u?v/

Verb

disapprove (third-person singular simple present disapproves, present participle disapproving, simple past and past participle disapproved)

1. (intransitive) To condemn; to consider wrong or inappropriate; used with of.

   She disapproves of rap music because of its sometimes aggressive lyrics.

2. (transitive) To refuse to approve; reject.
3. To have or express an unfavorable opinion. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Antonyms

• approve

Related terms

• disapprobation
• disapproval

Translations

Further reading

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