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Reuse vs Reapply - What's the difference?

reuse | reapply |

As verbs the difference between reuse and reapply

is that reuse is to use something that is considered past its usefulness, again (usually for something else) while reapply is apply again.

As a noun reuse

is the act of salvaging or in some manner returning a discarded item into something usable.

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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    reapply

    English

    Verb

  • apply again