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Reiterate vs Reclaim - What's the difference?

reiterate | reclaim |

In lang=en terms the difference between reiterate and reclaim

is that reiterate is to say or do (something) repeatedly while reclaim is to tame or domesticate a wild animal.

As verbs the difference between reiterate and reclaim

is that reiterate is to say or do (something) for a second time, such as for emphasis while reclaim is (senseid)to return land to a suitable condition for use.

As an adjective reiterate

is reiterated; repeated.

As a noun reclaim is

(obsolete|falconry) the calling back of a hawk.

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.
  • reclaim

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (senseid)To return land to a suitable condition for use.
  • To obtain useful products from waste; to recycle.
  • To return someone to a proper course of action, or correct an error; to reform.
  • * Milton
  • They, hardened more by what might most reclaim , / Grieving to see his glory took envy.
  • * Rogers
  • It is the intention of Providence, in all the various expressions of his goodness, to reclaim mankind.
  • * Sir E. Hoby
  • Your error, in time reclaimed , will be venial.
  • To claim something back; to repossess.
  • To tame or domesticate a wild animal.
  • * Dryden
  • an eagle well reclaimed
  • To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting.
  • * Dryden
  • The headstrong horses hurried Octavius along, and were deaf to his reclaiming them.
  • To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
  • * Waterland
  • Scripture reclaims', and the whole Catholic church ' reclaims , and Christian ears would not hear it.
  • * Bain
  • At a later period Grote reclaimed strongly against Mill's setting Whately above Hamilton.
    (Fuller)
  • (obsolete, rare) To draw back; to give way.
  • (Spenser)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, falconry) The calling back of a hawk.
  • (obsolete) The bringing back or recalling of a person; the fetching of someone back.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.x:
  • The louing couple need no reskew feare, / But leasure had, and libertie to frame / Their purpost flight, free from all mens reclame [...].
  • An effort to take something back, to reclaim something.
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