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Restore vs Reposition - What's the difference?

restore | reposition |

As nouns the difference between restore and reposition

is that restore is (computing) the act of recovering data or a system from a backup while reposition is the act of putting into a new position.

As verbs the difference between restore and reposition

is that restore is to reestablish, or bring back into existence while reposition is to put into a new position.

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

    reposition

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To put into a new position

    • Noun

    (-)
  • The act of putting into a new position.
    • spontaneous reposition of a dislocated arytenoid cartilage

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