different between respit vs respot

English

Noun

respit (plural respits)

1. (obsolete) respite

Anagrams

• Pitres, Presti, Priest, Sprite, esprit, pierst, priest, re-tips, retips, ripest, sitrep, sprite, stripe, tripes

Old French

Etymology

From Latin respectus, from the verb respecto (“I look back”).

Noun

respit m (oblique plural respiz or respitz, nominative singular respiz or respitz, nominative plural respit)

1. rest (physical rest)

Synonyms

• congié (in certain cases)

Descendants

• ? English: respite
• French: répit

English

Etymology

re- +? spot

Verb

respot (third-person singular simple present respots, present participle respotting, simple past and past participle respotted)

1. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To replace a ball on its correct spot on a snooker, billiards or pool table.
2. (sports, bowling) To replace a pin to its correct position prior to a player bowling.
3. To move a commercial or military vehicle or vehicles into a new position in order to make room for other activity or to allow the moved vehicles to be worked on.
   • 1963, Central Railway Club of Buffalo, Chronicle (volumes 72-76, page 79)

     This method insures that the stopping of cars will not gradually fall out of tolerance with a consequent loss of time to respot.

   • 1990, American Railway Bridge and Building Association, Proceedings (page 109)

     Sanding should be performed in conjunction with fueling to avoid respotting locomotives.
4. (manufacturing) To perform the final welds on a manufactured item.

Noun

respot (plural respots)

1. An operation in which commercial or military vehicles are respotted.
2. (manufacturing) The final welding on a manufactured item.

Anagrams

• Portes, Presto, Strope, e-sport, eSport, esport, opster, opters, petros, poster, presto, repost, repots, sprote, topers, tropes