different between repellent vs repulse

English

Etymology

From Latin repellens. Equivalent to repel +? -ent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???p?l?nt/

Adjective

repellent (comparative more repellent, superlative most repellent)

1. Tending or able to repel; driving back.
2. Repulsive, inspiring aversion.
3. Resistant or impervious to something.

Hyponyms

• water-repellent

Translations

Noun

repellent (plural repellents)

1. Someone who repels.
2. A substance used to repel insects, other pests, or dangerous animals.
3. A substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something.

Translations

References

• repellent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Verb

repellent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of repell?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repulsus, from repellere (“to drive back”), from re- (“back”) + pellere (“to drive”).

For spelling, as in pulse, the -e (on -lse) is so the end is pronounced /ls/, rather than /lz/ as in pulls, and does not change the vowel (‘u’). Compare else, false, convulse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???p?ls/

Verb

repulse (third-person singular simple present repulses, present participle repulsing, simple past and past participle repulsed)

1. (transitive) To repel or drive back.

   to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy

2. (transitive) To reject or rebuff.

   to repulse a suitor

3. (transitive) To cause revulsion in.

   The smell of rotting food repulsed me.

   I find your conduct reprehensible, disgusting, and it repulses me, the way a mongoose repulses a snake.

Translations

Noun

repulse (plural repulses)

1. the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed
2. refusal, rejection or repulsion

Related terms

• repel
• repellent
• repulsion
• repulsive
• pulse

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Slurpee, pelures, perules

Italian

Verb

repulse

1. third-person singular past historic of repellere

Noun

repulse

1. plural of repulso

Anagrams

• preluse
• presule

Latin

Participle

repulse

1. vocative masculine singular of repulsus

Spanish

Verb

repulse

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