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Rectify vs React - What's the difference?

rectify | react |

As verbs the difference between rectify and react

is that rectify is to correct or amend something while react is .

rectify

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To correct or amend something.
  • (chemistry) To purify or refine, especially by distillation.
  • (electronics) To convert alternating current into direct current.
  • (transitive) To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (whisky, rum, etc.) with flavourings.
  • (transitive) To adjust (a globe) in order to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.
  • Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * rectifiable * rectifiably * rectification * rectifier * rectified spirit

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    react

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact.
  • to react''' a play; the same scenes were '''reacted at Rome
  • To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state.
  • To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
  • Derived terms

    * reactive * reactor

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