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Reclamation vs Recycle - What's the difference?

reclamation | recycle |

As a noun reclamation

is the act of reclaiming or the state of being reclaimed.

As a verb recycle is

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reclamation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of reclaiming or the state of being reclaimed.
  • The recovery of a wasteland, or of flooded land so it can be cultivated.
  • recycle

    English

    Verb

    (Recycling) (recycl)
  • To break down and reuse component materials.
  • Recycled paper.
    Recycled plastic.
  • To reuse as a whole.
  • * 12 July 2012 , Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
  • Jokes are recycled so frequently, it’s as if comedy writing was eating a hole in the ozone layer: If the audience had a nickel for every time a character on one side of the frame says something could never happen as it simultaneously happens on the other side of the frame, they’d have enough to pay the surcharge for the movie’s badly implemented 3-D.
  • To collect or place in a bin for recycling.
  • (ergative) To be recycled.
  • Sulfur recycles in the sulfur cycle.

    Derived terms

    * recyclable * recyclability * recycle bin

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "recycle") ----