Rebuff vs. Spurn — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Rebuff and Spurn
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Rebuff
Reject (someone or something) in an abrupt or ungracious manner
I asked her to be my wife, and was rebuffed in no uncertain terms
Spurn
Spurn is a narrow sand tidal island located off the tip of the coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England that reaches into the North Sea and forms the north bank of the mouth of the Humber Estuary. It was a spit with a semi-permanent connection to the mainland, but a storm in 2013 made the road down to the end of Spurn impassable to vehicles at high tide.The island is over 3 miles (5 km) long, almost half the width of the estuary at that point, and as little as 50 yards (46 m) wide in places.
Rebuff
An abrupt or ungracious rejection of an offer, request, or friendly gesture
His reserve was not intended as a rebuff
Callers phoning a chatline need have no fear of rebuff
Spurn
Reject with disdain or contempt
He spoke gruffly, as if afraid that his invitation would be spurned
Rebuff
A blunt or abrupt repulse or refusal, as to an offer.
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Spurn
An act of spurning
It is a spurn of God's sovereignty, and a slight of his goodness
Rebuff
A check or an abrupt setback to progress or action
A rebuff to his ambitions.
Spurn
To reject with disdain or contempt. ]
Rebuff
To reject bluntly, often disdainfully; snub
Rebuff a person making advances.
Rebuff a request.
Spurn
(ambitransitive) To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
Rebuff
A sudden resistance or refusal.
He was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal.
Spurn
(transitive) To reject something by pushing it away with the foot.
Rebuff
Repercussion, or beating back.
Spurn
(transitive) To waste; fail to make the most of (an opportunity)
Rebuff
To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.
Spurn
To kick or toss up the heels.
Rebuff
(transitive) To buff again.
Spurn
An act of spurning; a scornful rejection.
Rebuff
Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance.
The strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud.
Spurn
A kick; a blow with the foot.
Rebuff
Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.
Spurn
(obsolete) Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment.
Rebuff
To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously.
Spurn
(mining) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass.
Rebuff
A deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
Spurn
To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick.
[The bird] with his foot will spurn adown his cup.
I spurn thee like a cur out of my way.
Rebuff
An instance of driving away or warding off
Spurn
To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt.
What safe and nicely I might well delayBy rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn.
Domestics will pay a more cheerful service when they find themselves not spurned because fortune has laid them at their master's feet.
Rebuff
Reject outright and bluntly;
She snubbed his proposal
Spurn
To kick or toss up the heels.
The miller spurned at a stone.
The drunken chairman in the kennel spurns.
Rebuff
Force or drive back;
Repel the attacker
Fight off the onslaught
Rebuff the attack
Spurn
To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance.
Nay, more, to spurn at your most royal image.
Spurn
A kick; a blow with the foot.
What defense can properly be used in such a despicable encounter as this but either the slap or the spurn?
Spurn
Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment.
The insolence of office, and the spurnsThat patient merit of the unworthy takes.
Spurn
A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass.
Spurn
Reject with contempt;
She spurned his advances
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