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Recap vs Refresh - What's the difference?

recap | refresh |

As verbs the difference between recap and refresh

is that recap is to seal (something) again with a cap or recap can be to recapitulate while refresh is to renew or revitalize.

As nouns the difference between recap and refresh

is that recap is a recapitulation while refresh is the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.

recap

English

Etymology 1

re- + cap

Verb

  • To seal (something) again with a cap.
  • Etymology 2

    Shortened from recapitulate/recapitulation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A recapitulation.
  • Synonyms
    * (recapitulation) summarisation/summarization, summary, summing-up

    Verb

    (recapp)
  • To recapitulate.
  • Synonyms
    * (recapitulate) summarise/summarize, sum up

    Anagrams

    * * * English heteronyms

    refresh

    English

    Verb

    (wikipedia refresh) (es)
  • To renew or revitalize.
  • Sleep refreshes the body and the mind.
  • (computing) To reload a document and show any new changes, especially a webpage on the internet.
  • * 2007 , Beth Harbison, Shoe Addicts Anonymous
  • She refreshed the page. She was still the high bidder. Good.
  • (computing) To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.
  • * 2007 , Philip C Plumlee, Test Driven Ajax (on Rails)
  • You can save your code, refresh your browser, and see a change instantly. This simple trick turns a lowly web browser into a development environment
  • To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
  • Anagrams

    *

    Noun

    (es)
  • The periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
  • (computing) The update of a display (in a web browser or similar software) to show the latest version of the data.