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Rewind vs Rewatch - What's the difference?

rewind | rewatch |

As verbs the difference between rewind and rewatch

is that rewind is to wind (something) again while rewatch is to watch again.

As a noun rewind

is the act of rewinding.

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

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    * English ergative verbs

    rewatch

    English

    Verb

  • To watch again.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 3, author=Alastair Macaulay, title=Mining the Hidden Gems of a Balanchine Classic, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Meanwhile “Emeralds” itself — danced with the elegiac adagio finale that Balanchine added in 1976 and that Ms. Paul never danced — deepened with rewatching . }}

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