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Insurgent vs Resurgent - What's the difference?

insurgent | resurgent |

As adjectives the difference between insurgent and resurgent

is that insurgent is rebellious, opposing authority while resurgent is undergoing a resurgence; experiencing renewed vigor or vitality.

As nouns the difference between insurgent and resurgent

is that insurgent is one of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency while resurgent is one who rises again, as from the dead.

insurgent

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Rebellious, opposing authority.
  • * Motley
    • The insurgent provinces.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • one of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency

    • Anagrams

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    resurgent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Undergoing a resurgence; experiencing renewed vigor or vitality.
  • (astronomy) Of a celestial object, moving upwards relative to the horizon after a period of having moved downwards.
  • Rising again, as from the dead.
    • (Coleridge)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who rises again, as from the dead.
    • (Sydney Smith)
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