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Learn by heart vs Learn by rote

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Learn by heart' means to memorize something thoroughly, while 'learn by rote' means to memorize something through repetition without necessarily understanding it.

Last updated: March 24, 2024 • 691 views

Learn by heart

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to mean memorizing something thoroughly.

This phrase is used when someone has memorized something completely, such as a poem or a speech.

Examples:

She learned the song by heart after listening to it many times.
He knew the entire script by heart.
I can recite the poem by heart.
She memorized the lines by heart.
He learned the dance routine by heart.

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BUT IN TIME YOU WILL COME TO LEARN BY HEART THE DURATION OF THE MAGIC 24 SECONDS.
EACH REGULAR HAS THEIR OWN ROUTINE WHICH YOU HAVE TO LEARN BY HEART.
I end up falling asleep by reciting poems I learn by heart.
Can you learn by heart what I teach?
If you don't need to learn by heart, you manage very well.
Learn by heart and destroy it! Agreed?
If you're smart you'll learn by heart What every artist knows You must sing your scales

Alternatives:

memorize thoroughly
know by memory
commit to memory
memorize completely
learn thoroughly

Learn by rote

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English. It refers to memorizing something through repetition without necessarily understanding it.

This phrase is used when someone memorizes something through repetition, often without fully grasping the meaning or context.

Examples:

He learned the multiplication tables by rote.
She recited the poem by rote.
They memorized the lines by rote.
The students learned the vocabulary words by rote.
He studied for the test by rote memorization.

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I must also learn by rote a compendium of solecisms masquerading as our nation's history?
By committing to memory, learning by rote.
It is based on learning by rote rather than on a deeper understanding of the process.
Every defense attorney insists on that by rote.
The federalists are simply reeling off the same old recipes by rote, without thinking about what they are saying.
Your honor, these forms are confusing And often filled out by rote.
Yes, she well knew... ...thy love did read by rote, that could not spell.
And it was the same - learning by rote - from primary school through graduate school.
She had a facility for conning by rote.
He was consistent, and not by rote.
Because I'm not, like, by rote or programmatic about it.
This Ram - Ram thou hast begun by rote
"those gutted hills, hills by rote,"
Look, I used to work at the Tower of Terror in Disneyland, so I had to say the same thing over and over again for months. I'm very sympathetic to people who have to say something by rote.
I want to learn by trial and error.
They do say, you learn by your mistakes.
Something that he couldn't learn by stalking them anonymously.
Something that he couldn't learn by stalking them anonymously.
But the kids could learn by getting out of the classroom.
I end up falling asleep by reciting poems I learn by heart.

Alternatives:

memorize through repetition
memorize mechanically
memorize mindlessly
memorize without understanding
memorize by repetition

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