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[tacit cliff]

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[west yarrow]

yeah re- meaning again isn't always true

in the case of rechercher it's never true

i'm not sure what the difference is
i just looked it up and it seems to basically be that rechercher is about a more thorough search

like scientific research

[light whale]

can they be used interchangeably

[rough narwhal]

La différence est tellement légère que même les natives ne la connaise pas vraiment on utilise les deux peux importe le contexte ou le sens

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The difference is so slight that even the natives don't really know it, we use both, no matter the context or the meaning

[light whale]

Ah d’acc merci beaucoup x

[spice sonnet]

https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/rechercher shows that there are different connotations or meanings based on context. However, the first definition (chercher avec soin) is one that uses the prefix re- as a sort of intensifier, not one indicating repetition (definition 4: chercher de nouveau). Something similar: if you have ever heard of the dish "refried beans" (coming from Spanish which also can use re- as an intensifier), they are not beans that are fried again but more akin to "fried well". You can also just check meanings of re- in French on https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/re-#fr