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Ruse vs Reuse - What's the difference?

ruse | reuse |

As nouns the difference between ruse and reuse

is that ruse is a trick while reuse is the act of salvaging or in some manner returning a discarded item into something usable.

As a proper noun Ruse

is a city in northeastern Bulgaria.

As a verb reuse is

to use something that is considered past its usefulness, again (usually for something else).

ruse

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a trick
  • guile

    • Derived terms

    * ruse de guerre

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    reuse

    English

    Alternative forms

    * re-use

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of salvaging or in some manner returning a discarded item into something usable.
  • (computing) code re-use'' indicates splitting program code into modules or classes so it can be re-used by other programs. ''data re-use refers to legal rights to re-use for publication, data that one has downloaded or licensed from a third party.

    • Verb

    (reus)
  • To use something that is considered past its usefulness, again (usually for something else).
    • The students reused empty plastic bottles in their science experiment.

    Derived terms

    * reuser

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