Repeat vs Assault - What's the difference?
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(intransitive) To do or say again (and again).
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(obsolete) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
(legal, Scotland) To repay or refund (an excess received).
An iteration; a repetition.
A television program shown after its initial presentation -- particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a rerun.
Patterns of nucleid acids that occur in multiple copies throughout the genome.
A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town.
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A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government.
(criminal, legal) An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching his person, as by lifting a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at him and missing him.
(singulare tantum, legal) The crime whose action is such an attempt.
An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm.
(singulare tantum, legal) The tort whose action is such an act.
(fencing) A non-competitive combat between two fencers.
As verbs the difference between repeat and assault
is that repeat is (intransitive) to do or say again (and again) while assault is to attack, threaten or harass.As nouns the difference between repeat and assault
is that repeat is an iteration; a repetition while assault is a violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town.repeat
English
Verb
(en verb)- (Waller)
Noun
(en noun)- We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.
See also
* redundantassault
English
Noun
(en noun)- The Spanish general prepared to renew the assault .
- Unshaken bears the assault / Of their most dreaded foe, the strong southwest.