Retrofit vs Refurbish - What's the difference?
retrofit | refurbish |
To add or substitute new parts or components to some device, structure etc., that were not previously available; to modernize
To fix an older version (or older versions) as part of the same process of fixing the newest version; to backport
of, relating to, or being a retrofit
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To rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance.
As verbs the difference between retrofit and refurbish
is that retrofit is to add or substitute new parts or components to some device, structure etc., that were not previously available; to modernize while refurbish is to rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance.As a noun retrofit
is something that has been retrofitted.As an adjective retrofit
is of, relating to, or being a retrofit.retrofit
English
(wikipedia retrofit)Verb
(transitive, or, intransitive)- The bug was so bad that we had to retrofit our patch to the last three releases, as well as the newest release.
