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Repost vs Reprint - What's the difference?

repost | reprint |

As verbs the difference between repost and reprint

is that repost is to post again while reprint is to print (something) that has been published in print before.

As nouns the difference between repost and reprint

is that repost is the act of posting again; the material thus posted while reprint is a book, pamphlet or other printed matter that has been published once before but is now being released again.

repost

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To post again.
    • Maybe I should repost the FAQ for the benefit of newbies.
  • (basketball) To post up again: To reset yourself at the post.
  • * {{quote-news, 2007, January 1, Howard Beck, Knicks Have a Hard Time Dealing With Rejection, New York Times citation
    • , passage=He's starting to learn that when the trap comes to kick it out right away and repost . }}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of posting again; the material thus posted.
    • This newsgroup mostly seems to consist of reposts of the FAQ. Doesn't anyone talk?

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    reprint

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A book, pamphlet or other printed matter that has been published once before but is now being released again.
    • The reprint is much less expensive than a first edition.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To print (something) that has been published in print before.
  • To renew the impression of.
  • * South
    • The whole business of our redemption is to reprint God's image upon the soul.

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