Reverse vs. Revert
Reverseadjective
Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
Reverseadjective
Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
Reverseadjective
To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
Reverseadjective
Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
Reverseadjective
(botany) Reversed.
Reverseadjective
(genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
Reverseadverb
In a reverse way or direction; upside-down.
Reversenoun
The opposite of something.
Reversenoun
The act of going backwards; a reversal.
Reversenoun
A piece of misfortune; a setback.
Reversenoun
The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
Reversenoun
The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
Reversenoun
The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.
Reversenoun
A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
Reversenoun
(surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
Reverseverb
(intransitive) To turn something around such that it faces in the opposite direction.
Reverseverb
(intransitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
Reverseverb
(intransitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
Reverseverb
(transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
Reverseverb
To return, come back.
Reverseverb
To turn away; to cause to depart.
Reverseverb
To cause to return; to recall.
Reverseverb
(legal) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
Reverseverb
(ergative) To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal.
Reverseverb
(chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
Reverseverb
To place a set of points in the reverse position
Reverseverb
to move from the normal position to the reverse position
Reverseverb
To overthrow; to subvert.
Reverseadjective
Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.
Reverseadjective
Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
Reverseadjective
Reversed; as, a reverse shell.
Reversenoun
That which appears or is presented when anything, as a lance, a line, a course of conduct, etc., is reverted or turned contrary to its natural direction.
Reversenoun
That which is directly opposite or contrary to something else; a contrary; an opposite.
Reversenoun
The act of reversing; complete change; reversal; hence, total change in circumstances or character; especially, a change from better to worse; misfortune; a check or defeat; as, the enemy met with a reverse.
Reversenoun
The back side; as, the reverse of a drum or trench; the reverse of a medal or coin, that is, the side opposite to the obverse. See Obverse.
Reversenoun
A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
Reversenoun
A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
Reverseverb
To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause to depart.
Reverseverb
To cause to return; to recall.
Reverseverb
To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
Reverseverb
To turn upside down; to invert.
Reverseverb
Hence, to overthrow; to subvert.
Reverseverb
To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree.
Reverseverb
To return; to revert.
Reverseverb
To become or be reversed.
Reversenoun
a relation of direct opposition;
Reversenoun
the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed
Reversenoun
an unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
Reversenoun
the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
Reversenoun
(American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction
Reversenoun
turning in the opposite direction
Reverseverb
change to the contrary;
Reverseverb
turn inside out or upside down
Reverseverb
rule against;
Reverseverb
annul by recalling or rescinding;
Reverseadjective
directed or moving toward the rear;
Reverseadjective
reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
Reverseadjective
of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle;
Revertnoun
One who, or that which, reverts.
Revertnoun
(religion) One who reverts to that religion which he had adhered to before having converted to another
Revertnoun
A convert to Islam.
Revertnoun
(computing) The act of reversion (of e.g. a database transaction or source control repository) to an earlier state.
Revertverb
To turn back, or turn to the contrary; to reverse.
Revertverb
To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.
Revertverb
(transitive) To cause to return to a former condition.
Revertverb
To return; to come back.
Revertverb
(intransitive) To return to the possession of.
Revertverb
Of an estate: To return to its former owner, or to his or her heirs, when a grant comes to an end.
Revertverb
(transitive) To cause (a property or rights) to return to the previous owner.
Revertverb
(intransitive) To return to a former practice, condition, belief, etc.
Revertverb
To return to an earlier or primitive type or state; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type.
Revertverb
(intransitive) To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse.
Revertverb
(intransitive) To take up again or return to a previous topic.
Revertverb
To convert to Islam.
Revertverb
To reply (to correspondence, for example).
Revertverb
To treat (a series, such as y = a + bx + cx2 + ..., where one variable y is expressed in powers of a second variable x), so as to find the second variable x expressed in a series arranged in powers of y.
Revertverb
To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse.
Revertverb
To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.
Revertverb
To change back. See Revert, v. i.
Revertverb
To return; to come back.
Revertverb
To return to the proprietor after the termination of a particular estate granted by him.
Revertverb
To return, wholly or in part, towards some preëxistent form; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type.
Revertverb
To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse; thus, phosphoric acid in certain fertilizers reverts.
Revertnoun
One who, or that which, reverts.
Revertverb
go back to a previous state;
Revertverb
undergo reversion, as in a mutation
