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How can tell "refuse" and "reject" ?

 
 
Reply Fri 22 Apr, 2016 09:01 am
I'm an Chinese girl who became a new English major last year, and I want to know how to tell the two word?And do they have any differences in spoken English?
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Fri 22 Apr, 2016 11:04 am
@Nikitaaaaaaaa,
Basically Niki, "refuse" implies an offer or request whereas "reject" is a bit more general, a refusal to consider. Hope we'll hear some more subtle diffs

Tes, help
Nikitaaaaaaaa
 
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Reply Mon 2 May, 2016 09:43 pm
@dalehileman,
Thank you so much!
dalehileman
 
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Reply Tue 3 May, 2016 11:12 am
@Nikitaaaaaaaa,
You're welcome, Niki; it's the least I can do

But Tes, I'll bet you can elaborate
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CalamityJane
 
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Reply Tue 3 May, 2016 11:54 am
@Nikitaaaaaaaa,
When you refuse something, you don't accept it.
" The girl refuses to take her medicine"

When you use reject, you not only don't accept something, you flat out don't want to go any further.
" The promotion was rejected by his supervisor"

Reject can also be as noun -
"The dress was a reject and thus much cheaper"
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selectmytutor
 
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Reply Fri 27 May, 2016 03:16 am
@Nikitaaaaaaaa,
Refuse something means that you don't accept it.
If you reject some work means that you don't want to do the work.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Fri 27 May, 2016 03:56 am
Selectmytutor needs to stop responding to English language learners' threads, as "she" is obviously not a native speaker of English.
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