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Compute vs Rehearse - What's the difference?

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Compute is a related term of rehearse.


As verbs the difference between compute and rehearse

is that compute is while rehearse is to repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.

compute

English

Verb

(comput)
  • To reckon or calculate.
    • Can anyone here compute the square root of 10201?
  • (informal) To make sense.
    • Does that compute , or do I need to explain further?

    Related terms

    * computable * computability * computation * computational * computer * computing * miscompute * recompute * count

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    rehearse

    English

    Verb

    (rehears)
  • To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.
    • There's no need to rehearse the same old argument; we've heard it before, and we all agree.
  • To narrate; to relate; to tell.
    • The witness rehearsed the events of the night before for the listening detectives.
  • To practice by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy .
    • The lawyer advised her client to rehearse her testimony before the trial date.
  • To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal.
    • The director rehearsed the cast incessantly in the days leading up to opening night, and as a result they were tired and cranky when it arrived.
  • * Charles Dickens
    • He has been rehearsed by Madame Defarge as to his having seen her.

    Derived terms

    * rehearsal