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Capture vs Recapture - What's the difference?

capture | recapture |

As nouns the difference between capture and recapture

is that capture is an act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem while recapture is the act of capturing again.

As verbs the difference between capture and recapture

is that capture is to take control of; to seize by force or stratagem while recapture is to capture something for a second or subsequent time, especially after a loss.

capture

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
  • * Blackstone
    • even with regard to captures made at sea
  • The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
    • the capture of a lover's heart
  • Something that has been captured; a captive.
  • (computing) A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.

    • Verb

  • To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
    • to capture an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal
  • * 2014 , Ian Black, " Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis", The Guardian , 27 November 2014:
    • Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isis captured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law. It is estimated that 2,000 Jordanians have fought and 250 of them have died in Syria – making them the third largest Arab contingent in Isis after Saudi Arabians and Tunisians.
  • To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.
    • She captured the sounds of a subway station on tape.
    She captured the details of the fresco in a series of photographs.
  • To reproduce convincingly.
    • His film adaptation captured the spirit of the original work.
    In her latest masterpiece, she captured the essence of Venice.
  • To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).
    • My pawn was captured .
    He captured his opponent’s queen on the 15th move.
  • * 1954 , Fred Reinfeld, How to Be a Winner at Chess , page 63, Hanover House (Garden City, NY)
    • How deeply ingrained capturing is in the mind of a chess master can be seen from this story.

    Derived terms

    * screen capture * capture the flag

    Related terms

    * captivate * captive * captivity * caption

    See also

    * take * arrest * apprehend * take over * snapshot

    Anagrams

    * ----

    recapture

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of capturing again.
  • :The recapture of the escaped prisoner made the news.
  • That which is captured back; a prize retaken.

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • to capture something for a second or subsequent time, especially after a loss
    • The warden hoped to recapture the escaped prisoners before they reached the town.
    ''New engine designs permit the vehicle to recapture the kinetic energy lost through braking
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=September 7 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Moldova 0-5 England , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Gerrard was replaced by Michael Carrick at the start of the second half and a sloppy passage of play followed in which England struggled to recapture the momentum and rhythm of their earlier work.}}