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In some contexts, "to reject something" can mean very much the same as "to refuse something". For example:
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"She refused the gift." ~ "She rejected the gift.") K3 Y4 G$ s) f w7 F) l1 Z" I
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"She refused the offer of help." ~ "She rejected the offer of help."; v/ l4 s) N% i. f) C* t
& G z% o( t* o4 IIn other contexts, "to reject something" implies that something is taken into one's possession, or is under one's consideration, but is then a decision is subsequently taken to return or discard it. In these cases, "reject" is often preferred to "refuse". For example:; U4 u; j/ v/ \
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"The company has rejected our latest batch of components." 3 P3 J- @) u3 h( l& a# z. s
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"He rejected my idea."
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+ m5 k- K, |# V! m' v"I applied for the job but was rejected."
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1 z1 `; O( ?/ t# e, l; aSome other differences that come to mind:
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" j: @5 b2 Y! U7 q+ t+ @"refuse" can be used with an infinitive (e.g. "She refused to go."), but "reject" can't.0 Q7 z0 j5 t# s+ Q
. |1 z( _% w4 B"refuse" can be used intransitively ("She refused.") but "reject" can't.
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You can be "refused something" (e.g. "She was refused entry.") but not "rejected something". |
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