Repetition vs Encore - What's the difference?
repetition | encore |
The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
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*: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.
To petition again.
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A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.
A call or demand (as by continued applause) for a repeat performance.
(said by audience members after a performance) Please perform again!
To call for an extra performance or repetition.
To call for an encore.
English borrowed terms
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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)Etymology 2
Verb
(en verb)- The group went through several rounds at different courts, petitioning and repetitioning , losing again and again.
Anagrams
* ----encore
English
Noun
(en noun)- To play an encore .
- Can I get an encore ? We want more!
- The encores were numerous.