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Rephrase vs Repeat - What's the difference?

rephrase | repeat |

As verbs the difference between rephrase and repeat

is that rephrase is to find a different way to say something(jump) while repeat is (intransitive) to do or say again (and again).

As a noun repeat is

an iteration; a repetition.

rephrase

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To find a different way to say something(jump)

    • Synonyms

    * (jump) restate, reword

    repeat

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive) To do or say again (and again).
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.}}
  • (obsolete) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
    • (Waller)
  • (legal, Scotland) To repay or refund (an excess received).

    • Related terms

    * repeatedly * repetition * repetitive * repeat oneself

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An iteration; a repetition.
    • We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.
  • 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.

    • See also

    * redundant

    Anagrams

    * English reporting verbs 1000 English basic words