but

Usage

• abut

  When something abuts something else, it is next to it or forms a border with it.

• buttress

  When you buttress an argument, idea, or even a building, you make it stronger by providing support.

• butt

  lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

• rebut

  overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof

• rebuttal

  the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument