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Repetition vs Stutter - What's the difference?

repetition | stutter |

As nouns the difference between repetition and stutter

is that repetition is the act or an instance of repeating or being repeated while stutter is a speech disorder characterised by stuttering.

As a verb stutter is

to speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.

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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    stutter

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (ambitransitive) To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.
  • He stuttered a few words of thanks.
  • To exhaust a gas with difficulty
  • The engine of the old car stuttered''' going up the slope. I was '''stuttering after the marathon .

    Synonyms

    * (speak with spasmodic repetition) stammer

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A speech disorder characterised by stuttering.
  • (obsolete) One who stutters; a stammerer.
  • (Francis Bacon)

    Synonyms

    * stammer

    Derived terms

    * covert stutter * pseudostuttering * stutterer English reporting verbs