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Rediscovery vs Prediscovery - What's the difference?

rediscovery | prediscovery |

As nouns the difference between rediscovery and prediscovery

is that rediscovery is the act of rediscovering while prediscovery is a previous discovery.

rediscovery

English

Noun

(rediscoveries)
  • The act of rediscovering
  • A second or subsequent discovery of the same thing

    • prediscovery

    English

    Noun

    (prediscoveries)
  • A previous discovery.
    • (Webster 1913)