Rebond vs. Rebound — What's the Difference?

To bond again or anew.

Bounce back through the air after hitting something hard

Recover in value, amount, or strength after a decrease or decline

(of an event or action) have an unexpected adverse consequence for (someone, especially the person responsible for it)

(in sporting contexts) a ball or shot that bounces back after striking a hard surface

An increase in value, amount, or strength after a previous decline

To spring or bounce back after hitting or colliding with something.

To recover, as from depression or disappointment.

To reecho; resound.

(Basketball) To retrieve and gain possession of the ball as it bounces off the backboard or rim after an unsuccessful shot.

To cause to rebound.

(Basketball) To gain possession of (the ball) off the backboard or rim.

Past tense and past participle of rebind.

To bind again, especially to put a new binding on (a book).

A springing or bounding back; a recoil.

(Sports) A rebounding or caroming ball or hockey puck, especially coming off of a goalie who has blocked a shot.

(Basketball) The act or an instance of taking possession of a rebounding ball.

A quick recovery from or reaction to disappointment or depression

A book that has been rebound.

The recoil of an object bouncing off another.

A return to health or well-being; a recovery.

An effort to recover from a setback.

(colloquial) The period of getting over a recently ended romantic relationship.

(colloquial) A romantic partner with whom one begins a relationship (or the relationship one begins) for the sake of getting over a previous, recently ended romantic relationship.

(sports) The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player or the crossbar or goalpost.

(basketball) An instance of catching the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without a basket being scored, generally credited to a particular player.

To bound or spring back from a force.

To give back an echo.

(figuratively) To jump up or get back up again.

(transitive) To send back; to reverberate.

Simple past tense and past participle of rebind

To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.

To give back an echo.

To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse.

To recover, as from sickness, psychological shock, or disappointment.

To send back; to reverberate.

The act of rebounding; resilience.

Recovery, as from sickness, psychological shock, or disappointment.

A movement back from an impact

A reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration;

The act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot

Spring back; spring away from an impact;

Return to a former condition;