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Refresh vs Revitalise - What's the difference?

refresh | revitalise |

As verbs the difference between refresh and revitalise

is that refresh is to renew or revitalize while revitalise is to give new life, energy, activity or success to something.

As a noun refresh

is the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.

refresh

English

Verb

(wikipedia refresh) (es)
  • To renew or revitalize.
    • Sleep refreshes the body and the mind.
  • (computing) To reload a document and show any new changes, especially a webpage on the internet.
  • * 2007 , Beth Harbison, Shoe Addicts Anonymous
    • She refreshed the page. She was still the high bidder. Good.
  • (computing) To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.
  • * 2007 , Philip C Plumlee, Test Driven Ajax (on Rails)
    • You can save your code, refresh your browser, and see a change instantly. This simple trick turns a lowly web browser into a development environment
  • To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.

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    Noun

    (es)
  • The periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
  • (computing) The update of a display (in a web browser or similar software) to show the latest version of the data.

    • revitalise

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

  • To give new (l), (l), (l) or (l) to something.
    • Japanese investment has revitalised this part of Britain!
  • To (l) from a state of (l) or (l).

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