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Reconstruction vs Rehabilitation - What's the difference?

reconstruction | rehabilitation |

As nouns the difference between reconstruction and rehabilitation

is that reconstruction is a thing that has been reconstructed or restored to an earlier state while rehabilitation is the process of rehabilitating something.

As a proper noun Reconstruction

is a period of the history of the United States from 1865 to 1877, during which the nation tried to resolve the status of the ex-Confederate states, the ex-Confederate leaders, and the Freedmen (ex-slaves) after the American Civil War.

reconstruction

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A thing that has been reconstructed or restored to an earlier state.
  • The act of restoring something to an earlier state.
    • The reconstruction of the medieval bridge began last year.
  • A result of an attempt to understand in detail how a certain result or event occurred.
    • The detective's reconstruction of what happened that night is dubious.

    Related terms

    * reconstruct ----

    rehabilitation

    English

    Noun

  • The process of rehabilitating something.
  • * August 16 2014 , Daniel Taylor, " Swansea upstage Manchester United in Louis van Gaal’s Premier League bow," guardian.co.uk :
    • Maybe now it should be clearer why Louis van Gaal has been telling anyone who cares to listen they should not be surprised if Manchester United’s rehabilitation takes longer than they would ideally like.

    See also

    * rehab