Recharge vs Regenerate - What's the difference?
recharge | regenerate |
To charge an electric battery after its power has been consumed.
To invigorate and revitalize one's energy level by removing stressful agents for a period of time.
* (rfdate) :
To reload a gun with ammunition.
To add or restore water to an aquifer.
To charge or accuse in return.
To attack again or anew.
Water that has percolated from the ground surface to an aquifer.
To construct or create anew, especially in an improved manner.
To revitalize.
(biology) To replace lost or damaged tissue.
To become reconstructed.
To undergo a spiritual rebirth.
Spiritually reborn.
(obsolete) Reproduced.
* Shakespeare
In transitive terms the difference between recharge and regenerate
is that recharge is to add or restore water to an aquifer while regenerate is to revitalize.In intransitive terms the difference between recharge and regenerate
is that recharge is to invigorate and revitalize one's energy level by removing stressful agents for a period of time while regenerate is to undergo a spiritual rebirth.As a noun recharge
is water that has percolated from the ground surface to an aquifer.As an adjective regenerate is
spiritually reborn.recharge
English
(wikipedia recharge)Verb
(recharg)- My body is a little bit sore from all of the practicing and playing and training, and your mind gets a little tired of it, too. It's nice to be able to recharge and come back fresh for the remainder of the year.
- (Dryden)
Synonyms
* (sense, to invigorate and revitalize one's energy level by removing stressful agents) unwindNoun
(-)Derived terms
* recharge area * recharge well ----regenerate
English
Alternative forms
* regen (abbreviation)Verb
(regenerat)Adjective
(-)- The earthly author of my blood, / Whose youthful spirit, in me regenerate , / Doth with a twofold vigour lift me up.