What's the difference between those verbs since they both mean "offer resistance to" for the most part?
rebel vs repel
The meaning of these words is completely different as one of our friends from the 'South' (United States) will tell you.
'rebel'
'rebellion'
'Rebel cause' etc
You can look up the dictionary definitions of these words. 'to rebel' is not just to 'offer resistance’; it is to 'fight against established authority'.
'repel' is the word that you will see on an aerosol tin of fly killer: 'repels flies and other flying insects'.
'repel' means to 'to put off', to be 'repulsive': e.g. like a monster.
repellent: something that is unpleasant.
The United States was born from a bloody 'rebellion' against British rule. There were some very 'repellent' individuals on both sides.
'rebel'
'rebellion'
'Rebel cause' etc
You can look up the dictionary definitions of these words. 'to rebel' is not just to 'offer resistance’; it is to 'fight against established authority'.
'repel' is the word that you will see on an aerosol tin of fly killer: 'repels flies and other flying insects'.
'repel' means to 'to put off', to be 'repulsive': e.g. like a monster.
repellent: something that is unpleasant.
The United States was born from a bloody 'rebellion' against British rule. There were some very 'repellent' individuals on both sides.
One single letter makes a word of difference between those two words.
Repel - prounced simply as "REH-pell" - to force, to beat or to fend off something or someone as being undesirable and dangerous - mostly in a physical sense. It can also mean the causing of an aversion to or of feelings of disgust or distaste in a person or an animal to something in particular.
Rebel - this word can be pronounced in different ways depending on whether it's used as a noun or a verb. "Re-BELL" - verb - to resist or rise up against any particular situation found to be unfavourable, to dissent. "REB-ull" - any individual who acts in this way. A dissenter or any member of a group or organisation fighting or protesting against anything which they find disagreeable or unfavourable, or refuses to accept and abide by such things as conventional behavioural patterns or moral codes.
You often find highly principled people refusing to toe the line within political parties, for example, over certain issues they have personal problems with for whatever reason.....they're usually called "rebels" - they refuse to take the party whip, as they say in democratic British Parliamentary circles.
Repel - prounced simply as "REH-pell" - to force, to beat or to fend off something or someone as being undesirable and dangerous - mostly in a physical sense. It can also mean the causing of an aversion to or of feelings of disgust or distaste in a person or an animal to something in particular.
Rebel - this word can be pronounced in different ways depending on whether it's used as a noun or a verb. "Re-BELL" - verb - to resist or rise up against any particular situation found to be unfavourable, to dissent. "REB-ull" - any individual who acts in this way. A dissenter or any member of a group or organisation fighting or protesting against anything which they find disagreeable or unfavourable, or refuses to accept and abide by such things as conventional behavioural patterns or moral codes.
You often find highly principled people refusing to toe the line within political parties, for example, over certain issues they have personal problems with for whatever reason.....they're usually called "rebels" - they refuse to take the party whip, as they say in democratic British Parliamentary circles.
In the US, repel is always pronounced with the accent on the last syllable, never on the first: "re-PELL". The first vowel can either be a long E or a schwa.
Also, "rebel" is an intransitive verb; that is, it does not take a direct object. If it's followed by anything, it's almost always follwed by the preposition "against". "Repel", on the other hand, is a transitive verb, and does not take a preposition.