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Replay vs Repeat - What's the difference?

replay | repeat |

As verbs the difference between replay and repeat

is that replay is to play again while repeat is to do or say again (and again).

As nouns the difference between replay and repeat

is that replay is the replaying of (something), for example of televised footage while repeat is an iteration; a repetition.

replay

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • to play again
  • to display a recording of a previous event, especially multiple times

    • Synonyms

    * do over

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the replaying of (something), for example of televised footage.
    • Show us that replay one more time.
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    • , year=2012 , date=May 5 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=He met Luis Suarez's cross at the far post, only for Chelsea keeper Petr Cech to show brilliant reflexes to deflect his header on to the bar. Carroll turned away to lead Liverpool's insistent protests that the ball had crossed the line but referee Phil Dowd and assistant referee Andrew Garratt waved play on, with even a succession of replays proving inconclusive.}}
  • (gaming) saved video footage of the gameplay of a computer game

    • Related terms

    * instant replay * replayability * replay attack

    Anagrams

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    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