displease vs repel

displease and repel both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
displease	No	No	Yes	No
repel	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, repel is a hyponym of displease; that is, repel is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than displease:

Other hyponyms of displease include annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex, repulse, dissatisfy.

displease (verb)	repel (verb)
give displeasure to	reject outright and bluntly
	force or drive back
	cause to move back by force or influence
	be repellent to; cause aversion in
	fill with distaste