Difference between Snub and Repulse

What is the difference between Snub and Repulse?

Snub as a noun is a deliberate affront or slight. while Repulse as a noun is the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed

Snub

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A deliberate affront or slight. A sudden checking of a cable or rope.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: conspicuously short Derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of extra triangular faces

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone. To turn down; to dismiss. To stub out (a cigarette etc). To halt the movement of a rope etc by turning it about a cleat or bollard etc; to secure a vessel in this manner.

Repulse

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to repel or drive backto reject or rebuffto cause revulsion

Part of speech: noun

Definition: the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsedrefusal, rejection or repulsion

We hope you now know whether to use Snub or Repulse in your sentence.

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