What is the difference between repeat and rerun?
repeat | rerun |
(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.
(American) A television program shown after its initial presentation — particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat.
(political) A political candidate who holds the same political agenda or doctrine as a past or incumbent holder of a given political office.
(computing) A second or subsequent run of a program.
To run (a previously broadcast television program) again.
To run (a race) again.
To run (a computer program) again.
Rerun is a synonym of repeat.
As verbs the difference between repeat and rerun
is that repeat is to do or say again (and again) while rerun is to run (a previously broadcast television program) again.As nouns the difference between repeat and rerun
is that repeat is an iteration; a repetition while rerun is a television program shown after its initial presentation — particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat.repeat
English
Verb
(en verb)- (Waller)
Noun
(en noun)- We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.
See also
* redundantrerun
English
(wikipedia rerun)Noun
(en noun)- Each rerun of the algorithm takes several minutes.
