Reuse vs Reutilize - What's the difference?
reuse | reutilize |
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.
To use something that is considered past its usefulness, again (usually for something else).
As verbs the difference between reuse and reutilize
is that reuse is to use something that is considered past its usefulness, again (usually for something else) while reutilize is to use or utilize something again, or for another purpose.As a noun reuse
is the act of salvaging or in some manner returning a discarded item into something usable.reuse
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Alternative forms
* re-useNoun
(en noun)Verb
(reus)- The students reused empty plastic bottles in their science experiment.
