Repaid vs Refund - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between repaid and refund

is that repaid is (repay) while refund is to return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.

an amount of money returned.

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(repay)

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To pay back.

I finally repaid my student loans, just before sending my kids to college.

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(en verb)

To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.

A governor, that had pillaged the people, was sentenced to refund what he had wrongfully taken. — L'Estrange.

If you find this computer for sale anywhere at a lower price, we'll refund you the difference.

(obsolete) To supply again with funds.

to refund a railroad loan

(obsolete, rare) To pour back.

Were the humours of the eye tinctured with any colour, they would refund that colour upon the object. — Ray.

(en noun)

An amount of money returned.

If the camera is faulty, you can return it to the store where you bought it for a refund.

* English heteronyms