different between refuel vs requel

English

Etymology

re- +? fuel

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /?i??fju??l/, /?i??fju?l/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /??i?fju??l/, /??i?fju?l/

Verb

refuel (third-person singular simple present refuels, present participle (US) refueling or refuelling, simple past and past participle (US) refueled or refuelled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To refill with fuel.

Usage notes

• Refuelled and refuelling are mainly British spellings.

Translations

Noun

refuel (plural refuels)

1. An act or instance of refilling with fuel.

Anagrams

• ferule, fueler

English

Etymology

Patterned after sequel using re- (“again, anew”).

Noun

requel (plural requels)

1. A movie which revisits the subject matter of an earlier film but is not a remake or a linear continuation of its plot (i.e. a sequel or prequel).
   • 2011, "Ghost Rider 2 is 'very different'", Belfast Telegraph, 21 March 2011:

     "We want the character to look different, feel different, sound different. The back story of the character's different, the origin of the story is expanded upon in ways that the first movie didn't hint at, at all. […] It's pretty much a reboot, only with the same actor, which makes it: a requel. Or a seboot."

Quotations

• For more quotations using this term, see Citations:requel.

Related terms

• interquel
• midquel
• prequel
• sequel
• threequel