"Repeat every" versus "Defer another"

OK, as a long time OmniFocus user, this has always bugged me. Repeating actions can be set at “repeat every” or “defer another” n days/weeks/whatever. What exactly is the difference between these two? I can’t find anything in the OF documentation discussing this.

https://support.omnigroup.com/documentation/omnifocus/mac/2.10/en/dates-and-times/#repeatingitems

The date/time that a “repeat every” item is completed has no effect on the next iteration of the item. “Due again” and “defer another” items’ next iterations are relative to the completion date/time of the previous.

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@stiber See this article https://colterreed.com/3-ways-to-repeat-a-task-in-omnifocus/

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