different between redirect vs detour

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English

Etymology

re- +? direct

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

redirect (third-person singular simple present redirects, present participle redirecting, simple past and past participle redirected)

1. (transitive) To give new direction to, change the direction of.

2. (transitive) To instruct to go, inquire, elsewhere.
3. (computing, transitive) To substitute an address or pointer to a new location.
4. (computing) To send to a new location by substituting an address or pointer.

Synonyms

• reorient

Derived terms

• redirection
• hard redirect, soft redirect

Translations

Noun

redirect (plural redirects)

1. A redirection.
2. (law) An examination of a witness, following cross-examination, by the party that conducted the direct examination.
3. (computing) The substitution of one address or identifier for another one, so as to navigate to a different location.

Synonyms

• (legal): redirect examination

Translations

Anagrams

• cedriret, directer, recredit

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French détour, from détourner (“turn away”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?di?.t??(?)/, /?di?.t??(?)/

Noun

detour (plural detours)

1. A diversion or deviation from one's original route.
   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IX

     On the third day I made a detour westward to avoid the country of the Band-lu, as I did not care to be detained by a meeting with To-jo.

See also

• bypass
• roundabout

Translations

Verb

detour (third-person singular simple present detours, present participle detouring, simple past and past participle detoured)

1. (intransitive) To make a detour.
2. (transitive) To direct or send on a detour.

Translations

Anagrams

• Drouet, douter, redout, routed, toured

Middle English

Noun

detour

1. Alternative form of dettour