different between retool vs retrofit

English

Etymology

re- +? tool

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?-to?ol, IPA^(key): /ri??tu?l/
• Rhymes: -u?l

Verb

retool (third-person singular simple present retools, present participle retooling, simple past and past participle retooled)

1. (transitive) To adjust; to optimize; to rebuild.

   He decided it was time to retool last year's marketing brochure.

Translations

Anagrams

• looter, oolert, rootle, tooler

English

Etymology

retro- +? fit

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???t.????f?t/

Verb

retrofit (third-person singular simple present retrofits, present participle retrofitting, simple past and past participle retrofitted) (transitive or intransitive)

1. To add or substitute new parts or components to some device, structure etc., that were not previously available; to modernize
2. To fix an older version (or older versions) as part of the same process of fixing the newest version; to backport

Translations

Noun

retrofit (plural retrofits)

1. Something that has been retrofitted
2. The act of retrofitting

Translations

Adjective

retrofit (not comparable)

1. of, relating to, or being a retrofit

References

• “retrofit”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Italian

Etymology

From English retrofit.

Noun

retrofit m (invariable)

1. retrofit