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Ruminate vs Rehash - What's the difference?

ruminate | rehash |

In lang=en terms the difference between ruminate and rehash

is that ruminate is to meditate or ponder over; to muse on while rehash is to rework old material (physical material, ideas, documents etc), redo some work, with some variations.

As verbs the difference between ruminate and rehash

is that ruminate is to chew cud (said of ruminants) involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen while rehash is to rework old material (physical material, ideas, documents etc), redo some work, with some variations.

As an adjective ruminate

is (botany) having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the north american papaw.

As a noun rehash is

something reworked, or made up from old materials.

ruminate

English

Verb

(ruminat)
  • To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
    • A camel will ruminate just as a cow will.
  • To meditate or reflect.
    • I didn't answer right away because I needed to ruminate first.
  • To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
  • * Shakespeare
    • What I know / Is ruminated , plotted, and set down.
  • * Dryden
    • Mad with desire, she ruminates her sin.

    Synonyms

    * See also * Or

    Related terms

    * rumen * ruminant * rumination

    Derived terms

    * ruminator

    See also

    * chew the cud

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (botany) Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.
    • a ruminate endosperm

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    rehash

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To rework old material (physical material, ideas, documents etc), redo some work, with some variations.
    • Today's parliamentary session only rehashed last week's arguments.
    The CEO of the company only rehashed a speech for the news conference.
    The general rehashed plans for the war.
  • (computing) To recompute the structure of a hash table, taking into account any newly added items.

    • Noun

    (es)
  • Something reworked, or made up from old materials.
    • He wrote a bad rehash of an earlier essay.
  • (computing) A recomputation of the structure of a hash table, taking into account any newly added items.