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Remap vs Recap - What's the difference?

remap | recap |

As verbs the difference between remap and recap

is that remap is to assign differently; to relabel or repurpose while recap is to seal (something) again with a cap or recap can be to recapitulate.

As a noun recap is

a recapitulation.

remap

English

Verb

(remapp)
  • To assign differently; to relabel or repurpose.
  • :He remapped the variable in the code to hold the value directly, instead of a pointer to the value.
  • To map again.
  • :Because the topography and development of the land changed so much in the floods, the region had to be remapped .
  • recap

    English

    Etymology 1

    re- + cap

    Verb

  • To seal (something) again with a cap.
  • Etymology 2

    Shortened from recapitulate/recapitulation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A recapitulation.
  • Synonyms
    * (recapitulation) summarisation/summarization, summary, summing-up

    Verb

    (recapp)
  • To recapitulate.
  • Synonyms
    * (recapitulate) summarise/summarize, sum up

    Anagrams

    * * * English heteronyms