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Restart vs Reset - What's the difference?

restart | reset |

As nouns the difference between restart and reset

is that restart is the act of starting something again while reset is an act of resetting to the initial state.

As verbs the difference between restart and reset

is that restart is to start again while reset is to set back to the initial state.

restart

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of starting something again.
  • After the restart of my browser, the problem went away.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=September 18 , author=Ben Dirs , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=England looked to put width on the ball after the restart , Armitage very nearly going over in the corner only for the video referee to decide his foot was in touch. But Armitage did get on the score-sheet five minutes later, Ben Foden straightening and putting the London Irish man in. }}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To start again.
  • All attempts to restart the engine failed.
  • (computing) to reboot.
  • Anagrams

    * *

    reset

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

  • To set back to the initial state.
  • *
  • , title= 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.}}
  • To set to zero.
  • To adjust again after an initial failure.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • Derived terms

    * factory reset * resettable * resetter

    Etymology 2

    From (receipt)

    Alternative forms

    * ressett

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scots law) the crime of knowingly and dishonestly receiving stolen goods, or harbouring an outlaw.
  • References

    * [http://www.police-information.co.uk/legislation/legislationindexsco.html
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