Heal vs Rehabilitate - What's the difference?
heal | rehabilitate |
To hide; conceal; keep secret.
To cover, as for protection.
To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
* Bible, Matthew viii. 8
To become better.
To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt.
(obsolete) health
To restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.
To vindicate; to restore the reputation or image of (a person, concept etc.).
To return (something) to its original condition.
(North America) To restore or repair (a vehicle, building); to make habitable or usable again.
To restore to (a criminal etc.) the necessary training and education to allow for a successful reintegration into society; to retrain.
To return (someone) to good health after illness, addiction etc.
To go through such a process; to recover.
In lang=en terms the difference between heal and rehabilitate
is that heal is to become better while rehabilitate is to go through such a process; to recover.As verbs the difference between heal and rehabilitate
is that heal is to hide; conceal; keep secret or heal can be to make better from a disease, wound, etc; to revive or cure while rehabilitate is to restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.As a noun heal
is (obsolete) health.heal
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) helen, hilen, from (etyl) . Related to (l), (l).Alternative forms
* (l), (l) * (l) (Scotland)Verb
Etymology 2
From (etyl) helen, from (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
- This bandage will heal your cut.
- Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed .
- Bandages allow cuts to heal .
- to heal dissensions
Synonyms
* (make better) cure, make whole * (become better) get better, recoverDerived terms
* healable * healand, Healand * healer * healthNoun
(-)- (Chaucer)
