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redundancy vs repetition

repetition vs redundancy

redundancy and repetition both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
redundancy Yes No No No
repetition Yes No No No
As nouns, repetition is a hypernym of redundancy; that is, repetition is a word with a broader meaning than redundancy:
  • redundancy: repetition of an act needlessly
  • repetition: the act of doing or performing again
Other hypernyms of redundancy include repeating.
redundancy (noun) repetition (noun)
repetition of an act needlessly the act of doing or performing again
the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
(electronics) a system design that duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one component fails an event that repeats
repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission
Difference between redundancy and repetition

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