Rerun vs Repetition - What's the difference?
rerun | repetition |
(American) A television program shown after its initial presentation — particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat.
(political) A political candidate who holds the same political agenda or doctrine as a past or incumbent holder of a given political office.
(computing) A second or subsequent run of a program.
To run (a previously broadcast television program) again.
To run (a race) again.
To run (a computer program) again.
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.
* 2011 , Anneke Campbell, ?Thomas Lizney, Be the Change (page 7)
As nouns the difference between rerun and repetition
is that rerun is a television program shown after its initial presentation — particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat while repetition is the act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.As verbs the difference between rerun and repetition
is that rerun is to run (a previously broadcast television program) again while repetition is to petition again.rerun
English
(wikipedia rerun)Noun
(en noun)- Each rerun of the algorithm takes several minutes.
Synonyms
* (television program shown after its initial presentation) repeatVerb
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.
