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Pressurize vs Repressure - What's the difference?

pressurize | repressure |

As verbs the difference between pressurize and repressure

is that pressurize is to put pressure on; to put under pressure while repressure is to pressurize again; to restore to a given pressure.

pressurize

English

Alternative forms

* pressurise

Verb

(pressuriz)
  • To put pressure on; to put under pressure.

    • repressure

    English

    Verb

    (repressur)
  • To pressurize again; to restore to a given pressure
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 14, Andrew E. Kramer, Gas Dispute Runs Deeper Than Pipes, Experts Say, New York Times citation
    • , passage=But rather than repressuring the Ukrainian pipeline system for exports, Russia's gas monopoly, Gazprom , ordered a single test shipment to see if it would pass through Ukraine to Europe, through a pipeline that was being used to supply the Ukrainian city of Odessa. }} ----