Board Thread:Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time/@comment-25832612-20150409040610/@comment-25982947-20150414200823

TheGollddMAN wrote: Wrong.

Deflect is always something that is thrown in a different direction from it's original trajectory. Whatever the source trajectory, it will be changed (however the direction may or may not remain same) if it a solid object is "deflected".

"Block" on the other hand is a phenomenon where an object is just stopped (not necessarily thrown off anywhere else) either in mid-air or at the end of it's path. Nothing is imposed in between to change the way it has travelled the distance. The object just hits an obstacle and falls because of Gravity. Block is not a synonym (also you spelled that wrongly) of deflect. Look up and you'll see for yourself. The way I see it, two words are a synonym (thanks for correcting me, english is not my first language) when they can both be used in certain sentence, not when they have the same definition, and I think that in this case you could say that Umbrella Leaf deflects projectiles, or that it blocks projectiles, both would be correct in my opinion.