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Recolonize vs Transplant - What's the difference?

recolonize | transplant |

As verbs the difference between recolonize and transplant

is that recolonize is to colonize again, especially after decolonization while transplant is to uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place.

As a noun transplant is

an act of uprooting and moving (something).

recolonize

English

Verb

(recoloniz)
  • To colonize again, especially after decolonization.
  • transplant

    English

    Verb

    (transplanting) (en verb)
  • To uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place.
  • To remove (something) and establish its residence in another place; to resettle or relocate.
  • (medicine) To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body to another, or from one part of a body to another.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of uprooting and moving (something).
  • Anything that is transplanted.
  • (medicine) An operation in which tissue or an organ is transplanted.
  • (medicine) A transplanted organ or tissue.
  • (US) Someone who is not native to their area of residence.
  • * 2012 , Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 29 Oct 2012:
  • The Seigneur summoned the island's doctor, a young transplant from London named Peter Counsell, who determined that Mrs. Beaumont had suffered a stroke.