Repair vs. Reparation — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Repair and Reparation
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Definitions
Repair
To restore to sound condition after damage or injury; fix
Repaired the broken watch.
Reparation
The act or process of making amends for a wrong.
Repair
To set right; remedy
Repair an oversight.
Reparation
Something done or money paid to make amends or compensate for a wrong.
Repair
To restore or renew
Repair the immune system.
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Reparation
Reparations Compensation or remuneration, as for damage or economic loss, required from a nation defeated in war.
Repair
To make up for or compensate for (a loss or wrong, for example).
Reparation
The act or process of repairing or the condition of being repaired.
Repair
To make repairs.
Reparation
A payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s).
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Repair
To betake oneself; go
Repair to the dining room.
Reparation
(archaic) The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired.
The reparation of a bridge or of a highway
Repair
To go frequently or habitually
Repairs to the restaurant every week.
Reparation
The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge or of a highway; - in this sense, repair is oftener used.
Repair
The work, act, or process of repairing.
Reparation
The act of making amends or giving satisfaction or compensation for a wrong, injury, etc.; also, the thing done or given; amends; satisfaction; indemnity; -used, e.g. in the phrase make reparation, pay reparations, or make reparations.
I am sensible of the scandal I have given by my loose writings, and make what reparation I am able.
Repair
Often repairs An instance or a result of repairing
The accident resulted in a costly repair to the car. My bike is in the shop for repairs.
Reparation
Compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury;
An act for which there is no reparation
Repair
The state of being fit for use
The furnace is out of repair.
Reparation
(usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors;
Germany was unable to pay the reparations demanded after Wordl War I
Repair
General condition after use or repairing
In good repair.
Reparation
The act of putting something in working order again
Repair
An act of going or sojourning
Our annual repair to the mountains.
Reparation
Something done or paid in expiation of a wrong;
How can I make amends
Repair
A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.
Repair
To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
To repair a house, a road, a shoe, a ship
To repair a shattered fortune
Repair
To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.
To repair a loss or damage
Repair
To transfer oneself to another place.
To repair to sanctuary for safety
Repair
To pair again.
Please try to repair the two earbuds to each other. Place both earbuds back into the charging case, wait for four seconds, then open it and see if they have been repaired with one another.
Repair
The act of repairing something.
I took the car to the workshop for repair.
Repair
The result of repairing something.
If you look closely you can see the repair in the paintwork.
Repair
The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.
The car was overall in poor repair before the accident. But after the workshop had it for three weeks it was returned in excellent repair. But the other vehicle was beyond repair.
Repair
The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
Our annual repair to the mountains
Repair
A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.
Repair
To return.
I thought . . . that he repaire should again.
Repair
To go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for safety.
Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair.
Repair
To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; as, to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship; to repair a shattered fortune.
Secret refreshings that repair his strength.
Do thou, as thou art wont, repairMy heart with gladness.
Repair
To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage.
I 'll repair the misery thou dost bear.
Repair
The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses.
Repair
Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort.
There the fierce winds his tender force assailAnd beat him downward to his first repair.
Repair
Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or of a city.
Sunk down and sought repairOf sleep, which instantly fell on me.
Repair
Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as, a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of repair.
Repair
The act of putting something in working order again
Repair
A formal way of referring to the condition of something;
The building was in good repair
Repair
A frequently visited place
Repair
Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken;
She repaired her TV set
Repair my shoes please
Repair
Make amends for; pay compensation for;
One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich
She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident
Repair
Move, travel, or proceed toward some place;
He repaired to his cabin in the woods
Repair
Set straight or right;
Remedy these deficiencies
Rectify the inequities in salaries
Repair an oversight
Repair
Give new life or energy to;
A hot soup will revive me
This will renovate my spirits
This treatment repaired my health
