displease vs repulse

displease is not a noun while repulse is a noun.

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

As verbs, repulse is a hyponym of displease; that is, repulse 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, repel, dissatisfy.

displease (noun)	repulse (noun)
	an instance of driving away or warding off

displease (verb)	repulse (verb)
give displeasure to	force or drive back
	cause to move back by force or influence
	be repellent to; cause aversion in