Repeat vs. Repent

Difference Between Repeat and Repent

Repeatverb

(transitive) To do or say again (and again).

The scientists repeated the experiment in order to confirm the result.

Repentverb

(intransitive) To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".

Repeatverb

(intransitive) To happen again; recur.

Repentverb

To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love.

"... Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, {15} And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel." (Mark 1:14-15)"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. {39} For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. {40} And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation." (Acts 2:38-40)If you're a true Muslim, you should repent to Allah.

Repeatverb

(transitive) To echo the words of (a person).

Repentverb

(transitive) To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.

Repeatverb

(intransitive) To strike the hours, as a watch does.

Repentverb

(transitive) To be sorry for, to regret.

"Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! {2} It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. {3} ¶ Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. {4} And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him." (Luke 17:1-4)I repent my sins.

Repeatverb

(obsolete) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.

Repentverb

To cause to have sorrow or regret.

Repeatverb

To repay or refund (an excess received).

Repentverb

To cause (oneself) to feel pain or regret.

Repeatverb

(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.

Add 100, left 50. Repeat, over.Use "say again" instead of repeat on the radio. Repeat will bring in artillery fire.