different between reset vs replace

English

Etymology 1

re- +? set

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i??s?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Verb

reset (third-person singular simple present resets, present participle resetting, simple past and past participle reset)

1. To set back to the initial state.
2. To set to zero.
3. (transitive) To adjust; to set or position differently.

Derived terms

• resettable
• resetter

Translations

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?.s?t/

Noun

reset (plural resets)

1. An act of resetting to the initial state
2. Setting to zero
3. Something that is reset
4. A device, such as a button or switch, for resetting something.
5. (typography) That which is reset; printed matter set up again.

Derived terms

• factory reset

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ???? (risetto)

Translations

Etymology 3

From receipt.

Alternative forms

• ressett

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??s?t/

Noun

reset (plural resets)

1. (Scotland, law) The crime of knowingly and dishonestly receiving stolen goods, or harbouring an outlaw.

Verb

reset (third-person singular simple present resets, present participle resetting, simple past and past participle resetted)

1. (Scotland, law) To receive and hide (stolen goods, or a criminal, etc.)

Derived terms

• resetter

References

• [1]

Anagrams

• Ester, Steer, ester, estre, re-est., reest, retes, seter, steer, stere, teers, teres, terse, trees

Polish

Etymology

From English reset.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?.s?t/

Noun

reset m inan

1. (computing) reset (device, such as a button or switch, for resetting a computer)

   Synonym: restart

Declension

Derived terms

• (verbs) resetowa?, zresetowa?

Further reading

• reset in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• reset in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English reset.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?z?.t(?)(i)/
• Rhymes: -?t(?)i

Noun

reset m (plural resets)

1. reset (button)

English

Etymology

re- +? place

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???ple?s/
• Rhymes: -e?s

Verb

replace (third-person singular simple present replaces, present participle replacing, simple past and past participle replaced)

1. (transitive) To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back
   • 1622, Francis Bacon, History of the Reign of King Henry VII

     The earl...was replaced in his government.
2. (transitive) To refund; to repay; to pay back

3. (transitive) To supply or substitute an equivalent for

4. (transitive) to take over the position or role from.

   • Next Wednesday, four women and 15 men on the Crown Nominations Commission will gather for two days of prayer and horsetrading to replace Rowan Williams as archbishop of Canterbury.

5. (transitive) To take the place of; to be used instead of
   • 1845, William Whewell, The Elements of Morality: Including Polity

     This duty of right intention does not replace or supersede the duty of consideration.

6. (transitive) To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.
7. (transitive, rare) To place again.
8. (transitive, rare) To put in a new or different place.

Synonyms

• (to supply or substitute an equivalent for): exchange, swap; See also Thesaurus:switch

Derived terms

• replaceable
• replacee
• replacement
• replacer
• replacing switch
• replacive

See also

• eliminate

Translations

References

replace in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• percale

French

Verb

replace

1. first-person singular present indicative of replacer
2. third-person singular present indicative of replacer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of replacer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of replacer
5. second-person singular imperative of replacer