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Review vs Replay - What's the difference?

review | replay |

As nouns the difference between review and replay

is that review is a second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact while replay is the replaying of (something), for example of televised footage.

As verbs the difference between review and replay

is that review is to survey; to look broadly over while replay is to play again.

review

English

(wikipedia review)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact.
    • I need to make a review of the book before I can understand it.
  • An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
    • The newspaper review was full of praise for the play.
  • (legal) A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.
    • The victims demanded a full judical review of the case.
  • A stage show made up of sketches etc.
    • The Cambridge Footlights Review launched many Monty Python faces.
  • A survey of the available items or material.
    • The magazine contained a review of Paris restaurants.
  • A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.
    • The Times Literary Review is published in London.
  • A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.
    • The troops assembled for a review by the Queen.
  • A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.
    • The regulators demanded a review against NYSE practices.

    Derived terms

    * * judicial review

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To survey; to look broadly over.
    • Before I tackle the question directly, I must briefly review historical approaches to the problem.
  • To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
    • The critic reviews every new play in London.
  • * '>citation
  • To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.
  • (obsolete) To view or see again; to look back on.
  • * 1610–11 , (William Shakespeare), '', act IV, scene iv, in ''The Works of Mr. ''William Shake?pear''; in Eight Volumes , volume II (1709), page 954:
    • Cam''[''illo'']   What I do next, ?hall be next to tell the King // Of this E?cape, and whither they are bound: // Wherein my hope is, I ?hall ?o prevail, // To force him after: in who?e company // I ?hall review ''Sicilia ; for who?e ?ight, // I have a Woman’s Longing.
  • (obsolete) To retrace; to go over again.
  • * 1726 , (Alexander Pope) (translator), (Homer) (author), (Odyssey)'', book III, lines 127–128, in ''The Ody??ey of Homer , volume I (1760), page 113:
    • Shall I the long, laborious ?cene review , // And open all the wounds of Greece anew?

    See also

    * revise (v.)

    Related terms

    * reviewer * reviewability * medireview * rereview

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    replay

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to play again
  • to display a recording of a previous event, especially multiple times

    • Synonyms

    * do over

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the replaying of (something), for example of televised footage.
    • Show us that replay one more time.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 5 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=He met Luis Suarez's cross at the far post, only for Chelsea keeper Petr Cech to show brilliant reflexes to deflect his header on to the bar. Carroll turned away to lead Liverpool's insistent protests that the ball had crossed the line but referee Phil Dowd and assistant referee Andrew Garratt waved play on, with even a succession of replays proving inconclusive.}}
  • (gaming) saved video footage of the gameplay of a computer game

    • Related terms

    * instant replay * replayability * replay attack

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