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Consult vs Reconsult - What's the difference?

consult | reconsult |

In lang=en terms the difference between consult and reconsult

is that consult is to have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes while reconsult is to consult again.

As verbs the difference between consult and reconsult

is that consult is to seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer while reconsult is to consult again.

As a noun consult

is (obsolete): the act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consultation; determination; decision.

consult

English

Alternative forms

* consultation (Only noun form in UK)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete): The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consultation; determination; decision.
    • The council broke; And all grave consults dissolved in smoke. -.
  • (obsolete): A council; a meeting for consultation.
    • A consult of coquettes. -.
  • (obsolete): Agreement; concert.
  • (US): A visit, e.g. to a doctor; a consultation.

    • Usage notes

    * The noun consult is avoided in British English, favoring consultation instead. In AmE, they are merely synonyms.

    Synonyms

    * consultation

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.
    • Let us consult upon to-morrow's business. -
    All the laws of England have been made by the kings of England, consulting with the nobility and commons. - .
  • To advise or offer expertise.
  • To work as a consultant or contractor rather than as a full-time employee of a firm.
  • To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a physician; to consult a dictionary.
    • Men forgot, or feared, to consult''' ... ; they were content to '''consult libraries. - .
  • To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.
    • We are ... to consult the necessities of life, rather than matters of ornament and delight. -L'Estrange.
  • (obsolete): To deliberate upon; to take for.
    • Many things were there consulted for the future, yet nothing was positively resolved. -.
  • (obsolete): To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.
    • Thou hast consulted shame to thy use by cutting off many people. - Bible, Heb. ii. 10.

    Related terms

    * consultancy * consultant * consultation * consultative (Webster 1913)

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    reconsult

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To consult again.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=May 27, author=Godfrey Onime, M.D., title=When Hostility Melted for the ‘Funny Accent’, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=I also reconsulted the gastroenterologist, who now suggested a “capsule” endoscopy, in which the patient swallows a tiny camera that passes through the system so its images can be analyzed. }}