Repeat vs Encore - What's the difference?
repeat | encore |
(intransitive) To do or say again (and again).
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(obsolete) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
(legal, Scotland) To repay or refund (an excess received).
An iteration; a repetition.
A television program shown after its initial presentation -- particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a rerun.
Patterns of nucleid acids that occur in multiple copies throughout the genome.
A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.
A call or demand (as by continued applause) for a repeat performance.
(said by audience members after a performance) Please perform again!
To call for an extra performance or repetition.
To call for an encore.
English borrowed terms
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As verbs the difference between repeat and encore
is that repeat is to do or say again (and again) while encore is to call for an extra performance or repetition.As nouns the difference between repeat and encore
is that repeat is an iteration; a repetition while encore is a brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.As an interjection encore is
please perform again.repeat
English
Verb
(en verb)- (Waller)
Noun
(en noun)- We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.
See also
* redundantencore
English
Noun
(en noun)- To play an encore .
- Can I get an encore ? We want more!
- The encores were numerous.
