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Repeater vs Repeated - What's the difference?

repeater | repeated |

As a noun repeater

is (electronics) an electronic device that receives a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power.

As a verb repeated is

(repeat).

As an adjective repeated is

having been said or done again.

repeater

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (electronics) An electronic device that receives a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power.
  • (firearms) A gun that has a store of cartridges and does not need reloading after each shot.
  • In ufology and similar studies, a person who regularly sees unexplained sightings of paranormal phenomena.
  • Note – this term is more commonly used by skeptics of the paranormal, and implies that the witness lacks credibility.
  • A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters.
  • (US) One who votes more than once at an election.
  • A repeating decimal.
  • (nautical) A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated.
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    repeated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (repeat)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having been said or done again.
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  • The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification.
  • Sequential.
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  • The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated' modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often ' repeated —conceptual modification.

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