Reactivated vs Deactivated - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between reactivated and deactivated

is that reactivated is past tense of reactivate while deactivated is past tense of deactivate.

(head)

(reactivate)

To activate again.

(head)

(deactivate)

* de-activate *

(deactivat)

(ergative) to make something inactive or no longer effective

to prevent the action of a biochemical agent (such as an enzyme)

to remove a person or piece of hardware from active military service