Redskin vs Reskin - What's the difference?
redskin | reskin |
An American Indian, a Native American.
* 1699 , Henry Smith or a relative, possibly quoting another colonist:
To replace the skin of a motor vehicle, especially so as to market the same car under different brands
(computing) To change the skin, or visual appearance, of an application.
* 2007 , Quentin Zervaas, Practical Web 2.0 Applications with PHP (page 291)
As a noun redskin
is an american indian, a native american.As a verb reskin is
to replace the skin of a motor vehicle, especially so as to market the same car under different brands.redskin
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Alternative forms
* RedskinNoun
(en noun)- Ye first Meeting House was solid mayde to withstande ye wicked onsaults of the Red Skins.
Synonyms
* red man * seeDerived terms
* (Washington Redskins)See also
* Red IndianExternal links
*Anagrams
*reskin
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Verb
- The editor can be reskinned . In other words, the color scheme and look and feel of the buttons can be changed.