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retrieve vs refresh

refresh vs retrieve

retrieve and refresh both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
retrieve No No Yes No
refresh No No Yes No
As verbs, refresh is a hyponym of retrieve; that is, refresh is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than retrieve:
  • retrieve: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
  • refresh: refresh one's memory
Other hyponyms of retrieve include know, recognise, recognize, brush up, review.
retrieve (verb) refresh (verb)
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection make fresh again
run after, pick up, and bring to the master become or make oneself fresh again
go for and bring back make (to feel) fresh
get or find back; recover the use of refresh one's memory
Difference between retrieve and refresh

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