Retrofit vs Renovate - What's the difference?
retrofit | renovate |
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 renew; to revamp something to make it look new again.
To restore to freshness or vigor.
As verbs the difference between retrofit and renovate
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 renovate is to renew; to revamp something to make it look new again.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.
Adjective
(-)renovate
English
Verb
(en-verb)- This house is shabby, it needs renovating.
