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Preorder vs Reorder - What's the difference?

preorder | reorder |

As verbs the difference between preorder and reorder

is that preorder is to order (goods) in advance, before they are available while reorder is order again, give a new order to.

As a noun preorder

is a binary relation that is reflexive and transitive.

As an adjective preorder

is of a tree traversal, recursively visiting the root before the left and right subtrees.

preorder

English

(wikipedia preorder)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To order (goods) in advance, before they are available.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (set theory) A binary relation that is reflexive and transitive.
    • The relation of logical implication over sentences is an example of a preorder.

    Synonyms

    * quasiorder

    Hyponyms

    * partial order ** total order *** well-order

    Related terms

    * preordered set

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (computing theory) Of a tree traversal, recursively visiting the root before the left and right subtrees.

    • Hypernyms

    * depth-first

    reorder

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • order again, give a new order to

    • Anagrams

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