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Comeback vs Repeat - What's the difference?

comeback | repeat |

As nouns the difference between comeback and repeat

is that comeback is comeback while repeat is an iteration; a repetition.

As a verb repeat is

(intransitive) to do or say again (and again).

comeback

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity.
    • That fad went out with the eighties, but I think it's making a comeback .
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=February 5 , author=Paul Fletcher , title=Newcastle 4 - 4 Arsenal , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Newcastle produced a stunning comeback from 4-0 down to earn a draw that shocked title hopefuls Arsenal.}}
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2013 , date=December 6 , author= alim17 , title=Girls' Generation rumored to make a comeback in early 2014! , work=allkpop.com citation , page= , passage= According to rumors in the entertainment world on December 6, Girls' Generation will be making a comeback' next year with a masculine concept. They have supposedly decided on the title song in their new album and have begun filming the music video on December 6. It appears they have started preparing for a full-scale '''comeback'''! It will be the girls' first Korean ' comeback in a year since "I Got a Boy." }}
  • A retort or answer, particularly a quick or clever one.
    • I wish I had thought of a quick comeback for his comment.

    Usage notes

    In sense “reply”, more casual than (m) or the somewhat formal (m).

    Synonyms

    * (reply) rejoinder, retort

    repeat

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive) To do or say again (and again).
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.}}
  • (obsolete) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
    • (Waller)
  • (legal, Scotland) To repay or refund (an excess received).

    • Related terms

    * repeatedly * repetition * repetitive * repeat oneself

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An iteration; a repetition.
    • We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.
  • A television program shown after its initial presentation -- particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a rerun.
  • Patterns of nucleid acids that occur in multiple copies throughout the genome.

    • See also

    * redundant

    Anagrams

    * English reporting verbs 1000 English basic words