The difference between Refuse and Veto
When used as nouns, refuse means collectively, items or material that have been discarded, whereas veto means a political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
When used as verbs, refuse means to decline (a request or demand), whereas veto means to use a veto against.
Refuse is also adjective with the meaning: discarded, rejected.
check bellow for the other definitions of Refuse and Veto
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Refuse as an adjective:
Discarded, rejected.
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Refuse as a noun:
Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.
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Refuse as a verb (transitive):
To decline (a request or demand).
Examples:
"My request for a pay rise was refused."
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Refuse as a verb (intransitive):
To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission.
Examples:
"I refuse to listen to this nonsense any more."
"I asked the star if I could have her autograph, but she refused."
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Refuse as a verb (military):
To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the centre, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular alignment when troops are about to engage the enemy.
Examples:
"to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks"
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Refuse as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To disown.
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Refuse as a noun (obsolete):
refusal
Examples:
"rfquotek Fairfax"
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Refuse as a verb:
To melt again.
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Veto as a noun:
A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
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Veto as a noun:
An invocation of that right.
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Veto as a noun:
An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
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Veto as a verb (transitive):
To use a veto against.