What is the difference between Regression Testing and Retesting?

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What is the difference between Regression Testing and Retesting?..

Answer / nadeem usmani

retesting : when tester finds the bug n report to devlopers
and developer fix that bug now if tester test only that
test case in which he found the bug with same or different
data then it is known as retesting


regression : after modification or fixing the bug if tester
test that test case in which he found the bug and test all
the or specified test cases which he executes earlier then
it is known as regression testing . the aim of this testing
is that bug fixing is not effect the passed test cases

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What is the difference between Regression Testing and Retesting?..

Answer / prabhu

Testing all ready tested functionality,with diff sets of
test data is Retesting
Testing all ready tested functionality is Regression testing
it can be in two ways
1.When the bug is fixed,we test the functionality weather it
is fixed correctly and also we test the related
functionality have been effected or not
2.when any new requirement is incorporated on customer
request, then we we test the related functionality have
been effected or not, which is also a regression testing

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What is the difference between Regression Testing and Retesting?..

Answer / sravan reddy

Regression Testing:
It is a type of testing in which one will
perform testing on already tested functionality again and
again. Regression testing starts from Second build released.

Re Testing:
It is a type of testing in which one will perform
testing on same functionality again and again with multiple
sets of data in order to come to a conclusion whether it is
working fine or not. Re testing starts from second build
released.

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What is the difference between Regression Testing and Retesting?..

Answer / rama

Regression Testing:
Regression the build is called Regression testing

Retesting
Retesting is to ensure that whether particular bug is fixed

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What is the difference between Regression Testing and Retesting?..

Answer / ravi chandra

no Rama, that's not the right answer i think

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What is the difference between Regression Testing and Retesting?..

Answer / sudha priya

Regression Testing:
Retesting a previously tested program following
modification to ensure that the faults have not been
introduced or uncovered as a result of the change.

Retesting:
After finding bugs it will hand over it to developers.
once they are corected it again check it whether according
to a specification or not

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