different between redpoint vs repoint

redpoint

English

Etymology

red +? point, as a calque of German Rotpunkt, coined by Kurt Albert in the mid-1970s at Frankenjura. He would paint a red X on a fixed pin that he could avoid using for a foot- or handhold.

Verb

redpoint (third-person singular simple present redpoints, present participle redpointing, simple past and past participle redpointed)

  1. (climbing, transitive) To free-climb (a route), while lead climbing, after having practiced the route beforehand.

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repoint

English

Etymology

re- +? point

Verb

repoint (third-person singular simple present repoints, present participle repointing, simple past and past participle repointed)

  1. (masonry) To replace or repair the pointing in brickwork.

Anagrams

  • Petrino, Petroni, Pointer, interop, pointer, protein, pterion, tropein, tropine

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