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Repetition vs Encore - What's the difference?

repetition | encore |

As nouns the difference between repetition and encore

is that repetition is the act or an instance of repeating or being repeated while encore is a brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.

As verbs the difference between repetition and encore

is that repetition is to petition again while encore is to call for an extra performance or repetition.

As a interjection encore is

(said by audience members after a performance) please perform again!.

repetition

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) repetitionem'' (accusative singular of ''repetitio ).

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
  • *
  • *:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.
  • (lb): The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion; also called a rep'. A group of ' repetitions is a set.
  • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To petition again.
  • * 2011 , Anneke Campbell, ?Thomas Lizney, Be the Change (page 7)
  • The group went through several rounds at different courts, petitioning and repetitioning , losing again and again.

    Anagrams

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    encore

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.
  • To play an encore .
    Can I get an encore ? We want more!
  • A call or demand (as by continued applause) for a repeat performance.
  • The encores were numerous.

    Interjection

  • (said by audience members after a performance) Please perform again!
  • Verb

    (encor)
  • To call for an extra performance or repetition.
  • To call for an encore.
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