Paraphrase vs. Reword — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Paraphrase and Reword
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Paraphrase
A paraphrase is a restatement of the meaning of a text or passage using other words. The term itself is derived via Latin paraphrasis from Greek παράφρασις 'additional manner of expression'.
Reword
To change the wording of.
Paraphrase
Express the meaning of (something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity
You can either quote or paraphrase literary texts
Reword
To state or express again in different words.
Paraphrase
A rewording of something written or spoken
It is characteristic of poetic metaphors that they are not susceptible to paraphrase
Scattered here and there in the text are frank paraphrases of lines from Virgil, Cicero, and Quintilian
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Reword
To state or express again in the same words; repeat.
Paraphrase
A restatement of a text or passage in another form or other words, often to clarify meaning.
Reword
To change the wording of; to restate using different words.
Paraphrase
The restatement of texts in other words as a studying or teaching device.
Reword
To repeat in the same words; to reëcho.
Paraphrase
The adaptation or alteration of a text or quotation to serve a different purpose from that of the original.
Reword
To alter the wording of; to restate in other words; as, to reword an idea or a passage.
Paraphrase
To restate using different words, especially to clarify.
Reword
Express the same message in different words
Paraphrase
To adapt or alter (a text or quotation) to serve a different purpose from that of the original
"It's tempting to paraphrase an environmental slogan and say, 'Think globally, pray locally'" (Christian Science Monitor).
Paraphrase
To compose a paraphrase.
Paraphrase
A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning.
Paraphrase
(Scotland) One of a certain number of Scripture passages turned into verse for use in the service of praise.
Paraphrase
(ambitransitive) To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase.
Paraphrase
A restatement of a text, passage, or work, expressing the meaning of the original in another form, generally for the sake of its clearer and fuller exposition; a setting forth the signification of a text in other and ampler terms; a free translation or rendering; - opposed to metaphrase.
In paraphrase, or translation with latitude, the author's words are not so strictly followed as his sense.
Excellent paraphrases of the Psalms of David.
His sermons a living paraphrase upon his practice.
The Targums are also called the Chaldaic or Aramaic Paraphrases.
Paraphrase
To express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language.
We are put to construe and paraphrase our own words.
Paraphrase
To make a paraphrase.
Paraphrase
Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Paraphrase
Express the same message in different words
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