Reset vs Undo - What's the difference?
reset | undo |
To set back to the initial state.
*
, title= To set to zero.
To adjust again after an initial failure.
An act of resetting to the initial state
Setting to zero
Something that is reset
A device, such as a button or switch, for resetting something.
(typography) That which is reset; printed matter set up again.
(Scots law) the crime of knowingly and dishonestly receiving stolen goods, or harbouring an outlaw.
reset]
To reverse the effects of an action.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 15
, author=Michael Da Silva
, title=Wigan 1 - 3 Bolton
, work=BBC Sport
To unfasten.
(figuratively) to be heading for or to cause a downfall
* 1611 ,
As a noun reset
is a button that resets a device, often a computer.As a verb undo is
to reverse the effects of an action.As an adjective undo is
.reset
English
Etymology 1
Verb
Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset , and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.}}
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* factory reset * resettable * resetterEtymology 2
From (receipt)Alternative forms
* ressettNoun
(en noun)References
* [http://www.police-information.co.uk/legislation/legislationindexsco.htmlundo
English
Etymology 1
Verb
- Fortunately, we can undo most of the damage to the system by the war.
citation, page= , passage=But Wigan undid their good work by conceding an avoidable second goal deep into first-half injury time.}}
- Could you undo my buckle for me?
- Woe is me, for I am undone !