Recite vs. Repetition — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Recite and Repetition
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Recite
To repeat or utter aloud (something memorized or rehearsed), often before an audience
Recite a prayer.
Recite a poem.
Repetition
The act or process or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
Recite
To relate in detail
Recited to me his tale of woe.
Repetition
A recitation or recital, especially of prepared or memorized material.
Recite
To list or enumerate
The affidavit recites facts about the incident.
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Repetition
The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
Recite
To deliver a recitation.
Repetition
(weightlifting): The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion. A group of repetitions is a set.
Recite
To repeat lessons prepared or memorized.
Repetition
To petition again.
Recite
(transitive) To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.
Janice is able to recite pi to 100 decimals.
Repetition
The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration.
I need not be barren of accusations; he hath faults, with surplus to tire in repetition.
Recite
(transitive) To list or enumerate something.
Repetition
Recital from memory; rehearsal.
Recite
(intransitive) To deliver a recitation.
Repetition
The act of repeating, singing, or playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note.
Recite
To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from recollection; to rehearse; as, to recite the words of an author, or of a deed or covenant.
Repetition
Reiteration, or repeating the same word, or the same sense in different words, for the purpose of making a deeper impression on the audience.
Recite
To tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the particulars of a voyage.
Repetition
The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument.
Recite
To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor.
Repetition
An event that repeats;
The events today were a repeat of yesterday's
Recite
To state in or as a recital. See Recital, 5.
Repetition
The act of doing or performing again
Recite
To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.
Repetition
The repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
Recite
A recital.
Recite
Recite in elocution
Recite
Repeat aloud from memory;
She recited a poem
The pupil recited his lesson for the day
Recite
Render verbally,
Recite a poem
Retell a story
Recite
Narrate or give a detailed account of;
Tell what happened
The father told a story to his child
Recite
Specify individually;
She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered
The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug
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