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Upskill vs Reskill - What's the difference?

upskill | reskill |

In transitive terms the difference between upskill and reskill

is that upskill is to teach someone additional skills, especially as an alternative to redundancy while reskill is to retrain workers in the skills needed by modern business, especially after redundancy.

upskill

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • to teach someone additional skills, especially as an alternative to redundancy
  • to acquire such additional skills
  • reskill

    English

    Alternative forms

    * re-skill

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To retrain workers in the skills needed by modern business, especially after redundancy.
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