Refill vs Restore - What's the difference?
refill | restore |
A filling after the first.
A product containing materials to replace those used up by a piece of equipment.
To reestablish, or bring back into existence.
To bring back to a previous condition or state.
* Bible, Mark iii. 5
* Prior
To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.
* Bible, Genesis xx. 7
* Milton
* Dryden
To give in place of, or as restitution for.
* Bible, Exodus xxii. 1
(computing) To recover (data, etc.) from a backup.
(obsolete) To make good; to make amends for.
* Shakespeare
As nouns the difference between refill and restore
is that refill is a filling after the first while restore is the act of recovering data or a system from a backup.As verbs the difference between refill and restore
is that refill is to fill up once again while restore is to reestablish, or bring back into existence.refill
English
Etymology 1
From + (fill) (noun)Noun
(en noun)- Today it is $2 for a coffee, with free refills throughout the day
- We're cutting back. No new printers or pens, just refills .
Etymology 2
From + (fill) (verb)Anagrams
* English heteronyms ----restore
English
Verb
(restor)- to restore harmony among those who are at variance
- He restored my lost faith in him by doing a good deed.
- and his hand was restored whole as the other
- our fortune restored after the severest afflictions
- Now therefore restore the man his wife.
- Loss of Eden, till one greater man / Restore us, and regain the blissful seat.
- The father banished virtue shall restore .
- He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
- There was a crash last night, and we're still restoring the file system.
- But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, / All losses are restored , and sorrows end.