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reexamine vs examine

examine vs reexamine

reexamine and examine both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
reexamine No No Yes No
examine No No Yes No
As verbs, examine is a hypernym of reexamine; that is, examine is a word with a broader meaning than reexamine:
  • reexamine: look at again; examine again
  • examine: consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
Other hypernyms of reexamine include analyse, analyze, canvass, study.
reexamine (verb) examine (verb)
look at again; examine again consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
question closely
question or examine thoroughly and closely
observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect
put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
Difference between reexamine and examine

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