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Disuse vs Reuse - What's the difference?

disuse | reuse |

As verbs the difference between disuse and reuse

is that disuse is to cease the use of while reuse is .

As a noun disuse

is the state of not being used; neglect.

disuse

English

Noun

(-)
  • The state of not being used; neglect.
    • The garden fell into disuse and became overgrown.

    Derived terms

    * disused

    Verb

    (disus)
  • To cease the use of.
  • (archaic) To disaccustom.
    • He was disused to hard work.
  • * John Donne
    • Disuse me from pain.

    Anagrams

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    reuse

    English

    Alternative forms

    * re-use

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of salvaging or in some manner returning a discarded item into something usable.
  • (computing) code re-use'' indicates splitting program code into modules or classes so it can be re-used by other programs. ''data re-use refers to legal rights to re-use for publication, data that one has downloaded or licensed from a third party.

    • Verb

    (reus)
  • To use something that is considered past its usefulness, again (usually for something else).
    • The students reused empty plastic bottles in their science experiment.

    Derived terms

    * reuser

    Anagrams

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