Pull vs. Repel — What's the Difference?

To apply force to (something) so as to cause or tend to cause motion toward the source of the force

Repel is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

To remove from a fixed position; extract

To ward off or keep away; drive back

To tug at; jerk or tweak

To offer resistance to; fight against

To rip or tear; rend

To refuse to accept or submit to; reject

To stretch (taffy, for example) repeatedly.

To refuse to accept (someone); spurn.

To strain (a muscle, for example) injuriously.

To cause aversion or distaste in

(Informal) To attract; draw

To be resistant to; be incapable of absorbing or mixing with

(Slang) To draw out (a weapon) in readiness for use

(Physics) To present an opposing force to; push back or away from by a force

(Informal) To remove

To offer a resistant force to something.

(Sports) To hit (a ball) so that it moves in the direction away from the dominant hand of the player propelling it, as to the left of a right-handed player.

To cause aversion or distaste

To operate (an oar) in rowing.

To turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc.

To transport or propel by rowing.

(transitive) To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.).

To be rowed by

(transitive) To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.).

To rein in (a horse) to keep it from winning a race.

(transitive) To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.).

(Printing) To produce (a print or an impression) from type.

To force away by means of a repulsive force.

To exert force in moving something toward the source of the force

(transitive) To cause repulsion or dislike in; to disgust.

To move in a certain direction or toward a certain goal

To save (a shot).

To gain a position closer to an objective

To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.

To drink or inhale deeply

To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument.

(Nautical) To row a boat.

To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.

(Informal) To express or feel great sympathy or empathy

Cause to move back by force or influence;

The act or process of pulling

Be repellent to; cause aversion in

Force exerted in pulling or required to overcome resistance in pulling

Force or drive back;

A sustained effort

Reject outright and bluntly;

Something, such as a knob on a drawer, that is used for pulling.

Fill with distaste;

A deep inhalation or draft, as on a cigarette or of a beverage.

(Slang) A means of gaining special advantage; influence

(Informal) The ability to draw or attract; appeal

To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.

To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck.

(transitive) To attract or net; to pull in.

To persuade (someone) to have sex with one.

(transitive) To remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability.

(transitive) To retrieve or generate for use.

(construction) To obtain (a permit) from a regulatory authority.

To do or perform.

(with 'a' and the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.

To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field.

(intransitive) To row.

To achieve by rowing on a rowing machine.

To draw apart; to tear; to rend.

(transitive) To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.).

To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward or away from some location or target.

(UK) To score a certain number of points in a sport.

(horse-racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning.

To take or make (a proof or impression); so called because hand presses were worked by pulling a lever.

To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.)

(UK) To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source.

(intransitive) To take a swig or mouthful of drink.

To pull out from a yard or station; to leave.

To pluck or pick (flowers, fruit etc.).

(sports) Command used by a target shooter to request that the target be released/launched.

An act of pulling applying force toward oneself.

An attractive force which causes motion towards the source.

An advantage over somebody; a means of influencing.

Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope.

Something in one's favour in a comparison or a contest.

Or attraction (e.g. of a movie star).

The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in server pull, pull technology

A journey made by rowing.

(dated) A contest; a struggle.

Loss or violence suffered.

(colloquial) The act of drinking; a mouthful or swig of a drink.

(cricket) A type of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the on side; a pull shot.

(golf) A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended path.

A single impression from a handpress.

(printing) A proof sheet.

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

To draw apart; to tear; to rend.

To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to pluck; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch.

To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one; as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar.

To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite was pulled.

To take or make, as a proof or impression; - hand presses being worked by pulling a lever.

To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or hauling; to tug; as, to pull at a rope.

The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to move something by drawing toward one.

A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull.

A pluck; loss or violence suffered.

A knob, handle, or lever, etc., by which anything is pulled; as, a drawer pull; a bell pull.

The act of rowing; as, a pull on the river.

The act of drinking; as, to take a pull at the beer, or the mug.

Something in one's favor in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing; as, in weights the favorite had the pull.

A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side.

The act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you;

The force used in pulling;

Special advantage or influence;

A device used for pulling something;

A sharp strain on muscles or ligaments;

A slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke);

A sustained effort;

Cause to move along the ground by pulling;

Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes;

Move into a certain direction;

Apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion;

Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation;

Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover;

Steer into a certain direction;

Strain abnormally;

Cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense;

Operate when rowing a boat;

Rein in to keep from winning a race;

Tear or be torn violently;

Hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing;

Strip of feathers;

Draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense;

Take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for;

Take away;