different between rethaw vs dethaw

English

re- +? thaw

rethaw (third-person singular simple present rethaws, present participle rethawing, simple past and past participle rethawed)

de- +? thaw, by confusion with defrost or perhaps with words with null de- like defraud, decomplex.

dethaw (third-person singular simple present dethaws, present participle dethawing, simple past and past participle dethawed)

(nonstandard) To thaw; unthaw; unfreeze.
- He made only the slightest little grunt.

This term is nonstandard; the usual term is thaw.

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