Repeat vs Retell - What's the difference?
repeat | retell |
(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 tell again, to paraphrase, to tell something one has read or heard.
As verbs the difference between repeat and retell
is that repeat is to do or say again (and again) while retell is to tell again, to paraphrase, to tell something one has read or heard.As a noun repeat
is an iteration; a repetition.repeat
English
Verb
(en verb)- (Waller)
Noun
(en noun)- We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.
