different between rewash vs rehash

English

Etymology

re- +? wash

Noun

rewash (plural rewashes)

1. The act of washing something again

   The car will need a rewash after the trip.

Verb

rewash (third-person singular simple present rewashes, present participle rewashing, simple past and past participle rewashed)

1. wash again

Translations

Anagrams

• Washer, hawser, washer, whares

English

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /?i??hæ?/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /??i??hæ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Etymology

re- +? hash

Verb

rehash (third-person singular simple present rehashes, present participle rehashing, simple past and past participle rehashed)

1. (transitive) To repeat with minor variation.

   Today's parliamentary session only rehashed last week's arguments.

   The CEO of the company only rehashed a speech for the news conference.

   The general rehashed plans for the war.

2. (transitive) To analyze a prior contentious or embarrassing event.

   Let's not rehash what we did last night.

3. (transitive, computing) To recompute the structure of a hash table, taking into account any newly added items.

Translations

Noun

rehash (plural rehashes)

1. Something reworked, or made up from old materials.

   He wrote a bad rehash of an earlier essay.

2. (computing) A recomputation of the structure of a hash table, taking into account any newly added items.

Translations

Anagrams

• harshe, hasher