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Reiterate vs Reassert - What's the difference?

reiterate | reassert |

As verbs the difference between reiterate and reassert

is that reiterate is to say or do (something) for a second time, such as for emphasis while reassert is assert again.

As an adjective reiterate

is reiterated; repeated.

reiterate

English

Verb

(reiterat)
  • To say or do (something) for a second time, such as for emphasis.
    • Let me reiterate my opinion.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 23 , author=Angelique Chrisafis , title=François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=He said France clearly wanted to "close one page and open another". He reiterated his opposition to austerity alone as the only way out of Europe's crisis: "My final duty, and I know I'm being watched from beyond our borders, is to put Europe back on the path of growth and employment."}}
  • * Shakespeare
    • You never spoke what did become you less / Than this; which to reiterate were sin.
  • to say or do (something) repeatedly
  • * Milton
    • That with reiterated crimes he might / Heap on himself damnation.

    Usage notes

    Although iterate'' and ''reiterate''''' are similar, ''iterate'' indicates that the action is performed for each of a set of items, while '''''reiterate indicates a more general repetition.

    Synonyms

    * repeat

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Reiterated; repeated.

    • Related terms

    * reiterated * reiteration * reiterative * reiteratively * reiterator ----

    reassert

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • assert again
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 15 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Gareth Bale gave his side hope with a goal shortly afterwards but the real damage was done and Chelsea reasserted their authority to finish easy winners with further goals from Ramires, Frank Lampard and Florent Malouda.}}
  • *2006 , Nikki R. Keddie, Yann Richard, Modern Iran: roots and results of revolution , Yale University Press, page 120
  • *:They were tied to a revived religious class that took advantage of the end of anticlerical despotism to reassert Islamic views and practices and to regain some of their former sociopolitical status.

    • Derived terms

    * reassertion

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