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Prestart vs Restart - What's the difference?

prestart | restart |

As nouns the difference between prestart and restart

is that prestart is (yachting) the countdown immediately before the start of a race while restart is the act of starting something again.

As an adjective prestart

is (chiefly|yachting) prior to the beginning of a race.

As a verb restart is

to start again.

prestart

English

Alternative forms

* pre-start

Adjective

(-)
  • (chiefly, yachting) Prior to the beginning of a race
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 29, author=Agence France-Presse, title=Oracle Loses for First Time but Finishes Round With Lead, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=BMW Oracle Racing seemed to have the prestart advantage after its skipper, Chris Dickson, locked the Kiwis out in front of the line

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (yachting) The countdown immediately before the start of a race.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 23, author=Christopher Clarey, title=Breaking From Tradition in the America’s Cup, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The Swiss, whose only Swiss crew member is the owner Ernesto Bertarelli, have even maintained contact in the past month with the big moment approaching, practicing prestarts with Desafío Español and organizing training races with Luna Rossa Challenge. }}

    restart

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of starting something again.
    • After the restart of my browser, the problem went away.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 18 , author=Ben Dirs , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=England looked to put width on the ball after the restart , Armitage very nearly going over in the corner only for the video referee to decide his foot was in touch. But Armitage did get on the score-sheet five minutes later, Ben Foden straightening and putting the London Irish man in. }}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To start again.
    • All attempts to restart the engine failed.
  • (computing) to reboot.

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