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Retelling vs Revelling - What's the difference?

retelling | revelling |

As verbs the difference between retelling and revelling

is that retelling is present participle of lang=en while revelling is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between retelling and revelling

is that retelling is a second or subsequent telling while revelling is a revel.

retelling

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A second or subsequent telling.
    • The new film is a needless retelling of what was already a cinematic classic.
  • * 2001 , Kenneth L. Woodward, The Book of Miracles
    • Like those of other saints, Mira Bai's life story lies within a number of retellings , each more detailed than the last, so that her biography now includes burnishings that probably would not pass any historian's test.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 31 , author=Tasha Robinson , title=Film: Review: Snow White And The Huntsman citation , page= , passage=Huntsman feints at being the Snow White retelling no one has ever seen before, but ultimately becomes the “been there, done that” of fairy-tale filmmaking. }}

    revelling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A revel.