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iteration vs repetition

repetition vs iteration

iteration and repetition both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
iteration Yes No No No
repetition Yes No No No
As nouns, repetition is a hypernym of iteration; that is, repetition is a word with a broader meaning than iteration:
  • iteration: doing or saying again; a repeated performance
  • repetition: the act of doing or performing again
Other hypernyms of iteration include repeating.
iteration (noun) repetition (noun)
doing or saying again; a repeated performance the act of doing or performing again
(computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
(computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated an event that repeats
Difference between iteration and repetition

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