Reuse vs Transform - What's the difference?
reuse | transform |
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).
To change greatly the appearance or form of.
* Shakespeare
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To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
* Bible, Romans xii. 2
(mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
(electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.
(genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.
To undergo a transformation.
As nouns the difference between reuse and transform
is that reuse is the act of salvaging or in some manner returning a discarded item into something usable while transform is the result of a transformation.As verbs the difference between reuse and transform
is that reuse is to use something that is considered past its usefulness, again (usually for something else) while transform is to change greatly the appearance or form of.reuse
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Alternative forms
* re-useNoun
(en noun)Verb
(reus)- The students reused empty plastic bottles in their science experiment.
Derived terms
* reuserAnagrams
* ----transform
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Verb
(en verb)- The alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
- Love may transform me to an oyster.
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- Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.
