Repeat vs Recap - What's the difference?
repeat | recap |
(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.
To seal (something) again with a cap.
To recapitulate.
As verbs the difference between repeat and recap
is that repeat is to do or say again (and again) while recap is to seal (something) again with a cap.As nouns the difference between repeat and recap
is that repeat is an iteration; a repetition while recap is a recapitulation.repeat
English
Verb
(en verb)- (Waller)
Noun
(en noun)- We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.
