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Replant vs Transplant - What's the difference?

replant | transplant |

As verbs the difference between replant and transplant

is that replant is to plant again, especially to plant using different plants, or in a different design while transplant is to uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place.

As a noun transplant is

an act of uprooting and moving (something).

replant

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To plant again, especially to plant using different plants, or in a different design.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-10
  • , author=Audrey Garric , title=Urban canopies let nature bloom , volume=188, issue=22, page=30 , magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) citation , passage=As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field. In Paris 22 hectares of roof have been planted, out of a potential total of 80 hectares.}}

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    transplant

    English

    Verb

    (transplanting) (en verb)
  • To uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place.
  • To remove (something) and establish its residence in another place; to resettle or relocate.
  • (medicine) To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body to another, or from one part of a body to another.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of uprooting and moving (something).
  • Anything that is transplanted.
  • (medicine) An operation in which tissue or an organ is transplanted.
  • (medicine) A transplanted organ or tissue.
  • (US) Someone who is not native to their area of residence.
  • * 2012 , Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 29 Oct 2012:
  • The Seigneur summoned the island's doctor, a young transplant from London named Peter Counsell, who determined that Mrs. Beaumont had suffered a stroke.