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Restitution vs Refund - What's the difference?

restitution | refund |

As nouns the difference between restitution and refund

is that restitution is a process of compensation for losses while refund is an amount of money returned.

As a verb refund is

to return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.

restitution

English

Noun

(wikipedia restitution)
  • (legal) A process of compensation for losses.
  • The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury.
  • * Spenser
    • A restitution of ancient rights unto the crown.
  • * Sandys
    • He restitution to the value makes.
  • A return or restoration to a previous condition or position.
    • the restitution of an elastic body
  • *
  • That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroyed; compensation.
  • (medicine) The movement of rotation which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labour.

    • Synonyms

    * (act of compensating) recompense, indemnification

    Related terms

    * restitute

    refund

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.
    • A governor, that had pillaged the people, was sentenced to refund what he had wrongfully taken. — L'Estrange.
    If you find this computer for sale anywhere at a lower price, we'll refund you the difference.
  • (obsolete) To supply again with funds.
    • to refund a railroad loan
  • (obsolete, rare) To pour back.
    • Were the humours of the eye tinctured with any colour, they would refund that colour upon the object. — Ray.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An amount of money returned.
    • If the camera is faulty, you can return it to the store where you bought it for a refund.

    Anagrams

    * English heteronyms