Recoup vs Regeneration - What's the difference?

As a verb recoup

is to make back, as an investment.

regeneration.

(en verb)

To make back, as an investment.

He barely managed to recoup his money. He sold out for just what he had invested.

to recoup losses made at the gaming table

To recover from an error.

(legal) To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct.

A landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction.

To reimburse; to indemnify; often used reflexively and in the passive.

* Froude

Elizabeth had lost her venture; but if she was bold, she might recoup herself at Philip's cost.

* Duke of Argyll

Industry is sometimes recouped for a small price by extensive custom.

* recoupable * recoupment

(wikipedia regeneration)

rebuilding or restructuring; large scale repair or renewal.

''The conversion of so many old industrial buildings into living quarters was a major factor in the regeneration .

(fantasy, gaming) restoration of health or hit points

* 1995 , David Zeb Cook, Jean Rabe, Warren Spector, Dungeon master guide for the AD&D game (page 202)

The standard ring of regeneration restores one point of damage per turn (and will eventually replace lost limbs or organs).

* 2003 , Bastion Press, E. W. Morton, Out for Blood

Regeneration does not restore hit points lost from starvation, thirst, or suffocation.

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