Refit vs Retrofit - What's the difference?
refit | retrofit |
To fit again; to put back into its place.
To prepare for use again; to repair or restore.
To fit out or supply again.
To add or substitute new parts or components to some device, structure etc., that were not previously available; to modernize
To fix an older version (or older versions) as part of the same process of fixing the newest version; to backport
of, relating to, or being a retrofit
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As verbs the difference between retrofit and refit
is that retrofit is to add or substitute new parts or components to some device, structure etc., that were not previously available; to modernize while refit is to fit again; to put back into its place.As nouns the difference between retrofit and refit
is that retrofit is something that has been retrofitted while refit is an act of having something fitted again, or replaced.As an adjective retrofit
is of, relating to, or being a retrofit.refit
English
Verb
- to refit''' a garment; to '''refit ships of war
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Anagrams
* ----retrofit
English
(wikipedia retrofit)Verb
(transitive, or, intransitive)- The bug was so bad that we had to retrofit our patch to the last three releases, as well as the newest release.