Recaptured vs Retaken - What's the difference?
recaptured | retaken |
(recapture)
The act of capturing again.
:The recapture of the escaped prisoner made the news.
That which is captured back; a prize retaken.
to capture something for a second or subsequent time, especially after a loss
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=September 7
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Moldova 0-5 England
, work=BBC Sport
As verbs the difference between recaptured and retaken
is that recaptured is (recapture) while retaken is .As an adjective retaken is
taken again.recaptured
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Verb
(head)recapture
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(en noun)Verb
(en-verb)- The warden hoped to recapture the escaped prisoners before they reached the town.
- ''New engine designs permit the vehicle to recapture the kinetic energy lost through braking
citation, page= , passage=Gerrard was replaced by Michael Carrick at the start of the second half and a sloppy passage of play followed in which England struggled to recapture the momentum and rhythm of their earlier work.}}