different between fresher vs refresh

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f????/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f????/
• Rhymes: -???(?)

Etymology 1

fresh +? -er (used to form the comparative)

Adjective

fresher

1. comparative form of fresh: more fresh

Etymology 2

From a clipping of freshman +? -er (Oxford -er).

Noun

fresher (plural freshers)

1. (Britain) A first year student at a university.
2. (India) A fresh graduate looking for one's first job.

Usage notes

• Fresher is much more commonly used than freshman in the UK.

Synonyms

• (first year student): freshman (now chiefly US), frosh (US)

Hypernyms

• See Thesaurus:beginner

Related terms

• freshers' week

Anagrams

• refresh

English

Etymology

From Middle English refreshen, refreschen, refrisschen, from Old French refrescher (“to refresh”) (modern French rafraîchir), equivalent to re- +? fresh.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?i?f???/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???f???/
• Rhymes: -??

Verb

refresh (third-person singular simple present refreshes, present participle refreshing, simple past and past participle refreshed)

1. (transitive) To renew or revitalize.

   Sleep refreshes the body and the mind.

2. (intransitive) To become fresh again; to be revitalized.
3. (computing, transitive, intransitive) To reload (a document, especially a webpage) and show any new changes.
4. (computing, transitive, intransitive) To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.
5. To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
6. (intransitive, colloquial, dated) To take refreshment; to eat or drink.
   • 1972, Vermont History (volume 40, page 268)

     We got within two miles of there, and stopped in the woods out of sight, where we refreshed with some brandy, and gave the two boys very large portions.

Translations

1. (transitive) To renew or revitalize.

   Sleep refreshes the body and the mind.

Noun

refresh (plural refreshes)

1. The periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
2. (computing) The update of a display (in a web browser or similar software) to show the latest version of the data.
3. The process of modernizing something.
   • 2013, Mark Phythian, Understanding the Intelligence Cycle (page 43)

     Experiences such as the Al Qaeda threat have provided a taste of how the landscape may have changed very fundamentally. Do these changes spell the end of the Cycle as a useful concept, or does it just need a refresh?

Translations

Anagrams

• fresher