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 "name": "refresh",
 "title": "Refresh",
 "component": "RefreshIcon",
 "url": "https://gentleface.com/icons/refresh",
 "category": "arrows",
 "motif": "arrow",
 "added": "2026-10-14",
 "history": [
  {
   "date": "2026-10-14",
   "what": [
    "added"
   ]
  }
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 "use_for": [
  "refresh",
  "reload",
  "reload page",
  "retry"
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 "alternatives": [
  {
   "icon": "sync",
   "why": "keep two copies in step (sync); motifs.yaml refresh",
   "concept": "refresh"
  },
  {
   "icon": "rotate-cw",
   "why": "rotate an object clockwise (rotate)",
   "concept": "refresh"
  },
  {
   "icon": "restart",
   "why": "restart an app, a device or a process (restart)",
   "concept": "refresh"
  }
 ],
 "dont_confuse_with": [
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   "icon": "repeat",
   "why": "repeat is the media loop (loop), motifs.yaml refresh",
   "concept": "refresh"
  }
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 "also_fits": [
  {
   "concept": "restart",
   "owner": "restart",
   "why": "reload content or a page"
  },
  {
   "concept": "regenerate",
   "owner": "refresh-sparkle",
   "why": "under an AI answer the bare refresh is enough"
  },
  {
   "concept": "mail-syncing",
   "owner": "mail-sync",
   "why": "a manual reload"
  }
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   "concept": "redo",
   "owner": "redo",
   "why": "refresh reloads content; redo reapplies an undone edit"
  },
  {
   "concept": "sync",
   "owner": "sync",
   "why": "the refresh motif does not mean sync"
  },
  {
   "concept": "rotate-counterclockwise",
   "owner": "rotate-ccw",
   "why": "the bare circular arrow means refresh"
  },
  {
   "concept": "rotate",
   "owner": "rotate-cw",
   "why": "the refresh motif does not mean rotate"
  },
  {
   "concept": "loading",
   "owner": "loader",
   "why": "refresh is an action the user takes; a spinner is a state"
  },
  {
   "concept": "repeat",
   "owner": "repeat",
   "why": "the refresh motif does not mean repeat"
  },
  {
   "concept": "replay",
   "owner": "replay",
   "why": "refresh reloads a page or data (refresh)"
  }
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  "arrow-down-left",
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  "arrow-down-to-line",
  "arrow-left",
  "arrow-left-right",
  "arrow-left-to-line",
  "arrow-right",
  "arrow-right-to-line",
  "arrow-up",
  "arrow-up-down",
  "arrow-up-left",
  "arrow-up-right",
  "arrow-up-to-line",
  "corner-down-left",
  "corner-down-right",
  "corner-right-up",
  "external-link",
  "fit-height",
  "fit-screen",
  "fit-width",
  "move",
  "move-horizontal",
  "move-vertical",
  "redo",
  "refresh-sparkle",
  "shrink",
  "undo"
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 "tags": [
  "reload",
  "rotate",
  "clockwise",
  "circular-arrow"
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 "size": 16,
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  "line-soft",
  "line-sharp",
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