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Reconstruct vs Rewrite - What's the difference?

reconstruct | rewrite |

As verbs the difference between reconstruct and rewrite

is that reconstruct is to construct again; to restore while rewrite is to write again, differently (to modify).

As a noun rewrite is

the act of writing again or anew.

reconstruct

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To construct again; to restore.

    • Related terms

    * reconstruction * Reconstruction * reconstructive

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    rewrite

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of writing again or anew.
  • Something that has been written again.

    • Verb

  • To write again, differently (to modify).
  • To write again (without changing).

    • Usage notes

    * The verb "restate" has analogous senses "to state again" and "to rephrase, to state again differently".

    Derived terms

    * rewritable