Rehearse vs Improvise - What's the difference?
rehearse | improvise |
To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.
To narrate; to relate; to tell.
To practice by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy .
To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal.
* Charles Dickens
To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, instinct, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.
As verbs the difference between rehearse and improvise
is that rehearse is to repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite while improvise is .rehearse
English
Verb
(rehears)- There's no need to rehearse the same old argument; we've heard it before, and we all agree.
- The witness rehearsed the events of the night before for the listening detectives.
- The lawyer advised her client to rehearse her testimony before the trial date.
- The director rehearsed the cast incessantly in the days leading up to opening night, and as a result they were tired and cranky when it arrived.
- He has been rehearsed by Madame Defarge as to his having seen her.
Derived terms
* rehearsalimprovise
English
Verb
- He had no speech prepared, so he improvised .
- They improvised a simple shelter with branches and the rope they were carrying.
- She improvised a lovely solo.