Retry vs Repeat - What's the difference?
retry | repeat |
To try or attempt again.
To try judicially a second time.
Another attempt.
(intransitive) To do or say again (and again).
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(obsolete) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
(legal, Scotland) To repay or refund (an excess received).
An iteration; a repetition.
A television program shown after its initial presentation -- particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a rerun.
Patterns of nucleid acids that occur in multiple copies throughout the genome.
As verbs the difference between retry and repeat
is that retry is to try or attempt again while repeat is (intransitive) to do or say again (and again).As nouns the difference between retry and repeat
is that retry is another attempt while repeat is an iteration; a repetition.retry
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(en verb)- (Waller)
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(en noun)- We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.