Deterrent vs. Repellent — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Deterrent and Repellent
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Deterrent
A thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something
Cameras are a major deterrent to crime
Repellent
Inspiring aversion or distaste; repulsive.
Deterrent
Able or intended to deter
The deterrent effect of heavy prison sentences
Repellent
Resistant or impervious to a substance. Often used in combination
A water-repellent fabric.
Deterrent
Tending to deter
Deterrent weapons.
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Repellent
Serving or tending to repel something, especially insects
A repellent spray.
Deterrent
Something that deters
A deterrent to theft.
Repellent
A substance used to repel insects.
Deterrent
A means of discouraging enemy attack, as by the threat of retaliation
A nuclear deterrent.
Repellent
A substance or treatment for making a fabric or surface impervious or resistant to something else.
Deterrent
Serving to deter, preventing something from happening.
Repellent
Tending or able to repel; driving back.
Deterrent
Something that deters.
Repellent
Repulsive, inspiring aversion.
Deterrent
Serving to deter.
Repellent
Resistant or impervious to something.
Deterrent
That which deters or prevents.
Repellent
Someone who repels.
Deterrent
Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
Repellent
A substance used to repel insects, other pests, or dangerous animals.
Deterrent
Tending to deter;
The deterrent effects of high prices
Repellent
A substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something.
Repellent
Driving back; able or tending to repel.
Repellent
That which repels.
Repellent
A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid.
Repellent
A kind of waterproof cloth.
Repellent
A compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
Repellent
A chemical substance that repels animals
Repellent
The power to repel;
She knew many repellents to his advances
Repellent
Serving or tending to repel;
He became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful
I find his obsequiousness repellent
Repellent
Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust;
A disgusting smell
Distasteful language
A loathsome disease
The idea of eating meat is repellent to me
Revolting food
A wicked stench
Repellent
Incapable of absorbing or mixing with;
A water-repellent fabric
Plastic highly resistant to steam and water
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