Reciprocate vs Corresponding - What's the difference?
reciprocate | corresponding |
To mutually give and take something; to interchange.
To give something in response.
To move backwards and forwards, like a piston.
* Dryden
To counter, retort or retaliate.
that have a similar relationship
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=November 10
, author=Jeremy Wilson
, title=England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report
, work=Telegraph
As verbs the difference between reciprocate and corresponding
is that reciprocate is to mutually give and take something; to interchange while corresponding is .As a noun corresponding is
action of the verb to correspond .As an adjective corresponding is
that have a similar relationship.reciprocate
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Verb
(en-verb)- One brawny smith the puffing bellows plies, / And draws and blows reciprocating air.
corresponding
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=The most persistent tormentor was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who scored a hat-trick in last month’s corresponding fixture in Iceland. His ability to run at defences is instantly striking, but it is his clever use of possession that has persuaded some shrewd judges that he is an even better prospect than Theo Walcott. }}
