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Restore vs Reopen - What's the difference?

restore | reopen |

In lang=en terms the difference between restore and reopen

is that restore is to give in place of, or as restitution for while reopen is to open again.

As verbs the difference between restore and reopen

is that restore is to reestablish, or bring back into existence while reopen is to open (something) again.

As a noun restore

is (computing) the act of recovering data or a system from a backup.

restore

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (computing) The act of recovering data or a system from a backup.

    • Verb

    (restor)
  • To reestablish, or bring back into existence.
    • to restore harmony among those who are at variance
    He restored my lost faith in him by doing a good deed.
  • To bring back to a previous condition or state.
  • * Bible, Mark iii. 5
    • and his hand was restored whole as the other
  • * Prior
    • our fortune restored after the severest afflictions
  • To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.
  • * Bible, Genesis xx. 7
    • Now therefore restore the man his wife.
  • * Milton
    • Loss of Eden, till one greater man / Restore us, and regain the blissful seat.
  • * Dryden
    • The father banished virtue shall restore .
  • To give in place of, or as restitution for.
  • * Bible, Exodus xxii. 1
    • He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
  • (computing) To recover (data, etc.) from a backup.
    • There was a crash last night, and we're still restoring the file system.
  • (obsolete) To make good; to make amends for.
  • * Shakespeare
    • But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, / All losses are restored , and sorrows end.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * restoration * restorer

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    * English transitive verbs

    reopen

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To open (something) again.
  • * 1920 , Breckinridge Long, US Ambassador to Italy, a speech titled
    • From the moment of the declaration by Germany, she would reopen her inhuman warfare by the indiscriminate use of submarines.
  • To open again.
  • * 1933 , Franklin Roosevelt,
    • The new law allows the twelve Federal Reserve Banks to issue additional currency on good assets and thus the banks which reopen will be able to meet every legitimate call.

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