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Rewind vs Recap - What's the difference?

rewind | recap |

As verbs the difference between rewind and recap

is that rewind is (intransitive) to wind (something) again while recap is to seal (something) again with a cap or recap can be to recapitulate.

As nouns the difference between rewind and recap

is that rewind is the act of rewinding while recap is a recapitulation.

rewind

English

Verb

  • (intransitive) To wind (something) again.
  • * 2000 , (George RR Martin), A Storm of Swords , Bantam 2011, p. 535:
  • A Myrish crossbowman poked his head out a different window, got off a bolt, and ducked down to rewind .
  • (intransitive) To wind (something) back, now especially of cassette or video tape; to go back on a video or audio recording.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of rewinding.
  • A button or other mechanism for rewinding.
  • I meant to pause the picture, but hit the rewind by mistake.

    See also

    * fast forward

    recap

    English

    Etymology 1

    re- + cap

    Verb

  • To seal (something) again with a cap.
  • Etymology 2

    Shortened from recapitulate/recapitulation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A recapitulation.
  • Synonyms
    * (recapitulation) summarisation/summarization, summary, summing-up

    Verb

    (recapp)
  • To recapitulate.
  • Synonyms
    * (recapitulate) summarise/summarize, sum up

    Anagrams

    * * * English heteronyms