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Unwrite vs Rewrite - What's the difference?

unwrite | rewrite |

As verbs the difference between unwrite and rewrite

is that unwrite is to retract an edict or law while rewrite is to write again, differently (to modify).

As a noun rewrite is

the act of writing again or anew.

unwrite

English

Verb

  • To retract an edict or law.
  • What has been written cannot be unwritten .
  • * 1847 , John Frost, Pictorial Life of George Washington (page 131)
  • Accordingly, in June, the governor, as if rescinding the resolution could unwrite the letter, demanded its erasure from the records of the house.

    rewrite

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of writing again or anew.
  • Something that has been written again.
  • Verb

  • To write again, differently (to modify).
  • To write again (without changing).
  • Usage notes

    * The verb "restate" has analogous senses "to state again" and "to rephrase, to state again differently".

    Derived terms

    * rewritable