Repetition vs. Redundancy

Repetition vs. Redundancy — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Repetition and Redundancy

Repetitionnoun

The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.

Redundancynoun

The state of being redundant

Repetitionnoun

(weightlifting): The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion. A group of repetitions is a set.

Redundancynoun

A superfluity; something redundant or excessive; a needless repetition in language

Repetitionverb

To petition again.

Redundancynoun

Duplication of components or circuits to provide survival of the total system in case of failure of single components.

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Repetitionnoun

an event that repeats;

the events today were a repeat of yesterday's

Redundancynoun

Duplication of parts of a message to guard against transmission errors.

Repetitionnoun

the act of doing or performing again

Redundancynoun

The state of being unemployed because one's job is no longer necessary; the dismissal of such an employee; a layoff.

Repetitionnoun

the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device

Redundancynoun

(law) surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains.

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Redundancynoun

repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission

Redundancynoun

the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded;

the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers

Redundancynoun

(electronics) a system design that duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one component fails

Redundancynoun

repetition of an act needlessly