different between relink vs redlink

English

re- +? link

relink (third-person singular simple present relinks, present participle relinking, simple past and past participle relinked)

red +? link

redlink (plural redlinks)

Alternative form of red link
- 2008, Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, & Ben Yates, How Wikipedia Works: And How You Can Be a Part of It, No Starch Press (2008), ?ISBN, page 250:
  If you add a category to an article, but the category doesn't exist yet, it displays as a redlink in the article's list of categories.
- 2010, John K. Waters, The Everything Guide to Social Media: All You Need to Know About Participating in Today's Most Popular Online Communities, Adams Media (2010), ?ISBN, page 182:
  Hyperlinks on Wikipedia are rendered in blue text, but you'll also find links rendered in red. These "redlinks" are hyperlinks that don't yet lead to anything. If you click on a redlink, you'll end up on a page that needs content, which you're not only free to add, but encouraged to.

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