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Rewind vs Rewild - What's the difference?

rewind | rewild |

As verbs the difference between rewind and rewild

is that rewind is to wind (something) again while rewild is to return an area to a more wild state, especially to repopulate it with wild animals.

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

    rewild

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (conservationist jargon) To return an area to a more wild state, especially to repopulate it with wild animals.

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