The difference between Reinforce and Repeat
When used as verbs, reinforce means to strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation, whereas repeat means to do or say again (and again).
Repeat is also noun with the meaning: an iteration.
check bellow for the other definitions of Reinforce and Repeat
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Reinforce as a verb (transitive):
To strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation.
Examples:
"He reinforced the handle with a metal rod and a bit of tape."
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Reinforce as a verb (transitive):
To emphasize or review.
Examples:
"The right homework will reinforce and complement the lesson!"
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Reinforce as a verb (transitive):
To encourage (a behavior or idea) through repeated stimulus.
Examples:
"Advertising for fast food can reinforce unhealthy dietary tendencies."
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Repeat as a verb (transitive):
To do or say again (and again).
Examples:
"The scientists repeated the experiment in order to confirm the result."
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Repeat as a verb (intransitive):
To happen again; recur.
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Repeat as a verb (transitive):
To echo the words of (a person).
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Repeat as a verb (intransitive):
To strike the hours, as a watch does.
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Repeat as a verb (obsolete):
To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
Examples:
"rfquotek Waller"
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Repeat as a verb (legal, Scotland):
To repay or refund (an excess received).
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Repeat as a verb:
(procedure word, military) To call in a previous artillery fire mission with the same ammunition and method either on the coordinates or adjusted either because destruction of the target was insufficient or missed.
Examples:
"Add 100, left 50. Repeat, over."
"Use "say again" instead of repeat on the radio. Repeat will bring in artillery fire."
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Repeat as a verb:
To commit fraud in an election by voting more than once for the same candidate.
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Repeat as a noun:
An iteration; a repetition.
Examples:
"We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring."
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Repeat as a noun:
A television program shown after its initial presentation; a rerun.
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Repeat as a noun (genetics, biochemistry):
A pattern of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout a genome (or of amino acids in a protein).
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Repeat as a noun (music):
A mark in music notation directing a part to be repeated.