Recovered vs Captured - What's the difference?
recovered | captured |
(recover)
To get back, regain (a physical thing lost etc.).
* Bible, 1 Sam. xxx. 18
* , chapter=22
, title= To return to, resume (a given state of mind or body).
(obsolete) To reach (a place), arrive at.
* Fuller
* Shakespeare
* Hales
(archaic) To restore to good health, consciousness, life etc.
* Shakespeare
*, vol.I, New York, 2001, p.233-4:
* Bible, 2. Tim. ii. 26
(archaic) To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of.
* Rogers
(archaic) To get better from; to get over.
* Cowley
* De Foe
To get better, regain one's health.
To regain one's composure, balance etc.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=
, passage=Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.}}
(legal) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit.
(legal) To gain as compensation or reparation.
(legal) To gain by legal process.
(label) Recovery.
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*:It was neuer in my thoughte saide la?celot to withholde the quene from my lord Arthur / but in soo moche she shold haue ben dede for my sake / me semeth it was my parte to saue her lyf and putte her from that daunger tyl better recouer myghte come / & now I thanke god sayd sir Launcelot that the pope hath made her pees
(label) A position of holding a firearm during exercises, whereby the lock is at shoulder height and the sling facing out.
To cover again.
(roofing) To add a new roof membrane or steep-slope covering over an existing one.
(capture)
An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
* Blackstone
The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
Something that has been captured; a captive.
(computing) A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.
To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
* 2014 , Ian Black, "
To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.
To reproduce convincingly.
To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).
* 1954 , Fred Reinfeld, How to Be a Winner at Chess , page 63, Hanover House (Garden City, NY)
As verbs the difference between recovered and captured
is that recovered is past tense of recover while captured is past tense of capture.recovered
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Verb
(head)recover
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Alternative forms
* recovre (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) recoverer and (etyl) recovrer, from (etyl) recuperare.Verb
(en verb)- David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.}}
- With much ado the Christians recovered to Antioch.
- The forest is not three leagues off; / If we recover that, we're sure enough.
- Except he could recover one of the Cities of Refuge he was to die.
- The wine in my bottle will recover him.
- Cnelius a physiciangave him a clyster, by which he was speedily recovered .
- that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him
- to recover lost time
- Even good men have many failings and lapses to lament and recover .
- I do hope to recover my late hurt.
- when I had recovered a little my first surprise
The China Governess, chapter=19
- The plaintiff has recovered in his suit.
- to recover''' damages in trespass; to '''recover debt and costs in a suit at law
- to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery
- to recover judgement against a defendant
Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
.Verb
(en verb)- (Sir Walter Scott)
Anagrams
*captured
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
*capture
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Noun
(en noun)- even with regard to captures made at sea
- the capture of a lover's heart
Verb
- to capture an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal
Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis", The Guardian , 27 November 2014:
- Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isis captured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law. It is estimated that 2,000 Jordanians have fought and 250 of them have died in Syria – making them the third largest Arab contingent in Isis after Saudi Arabians and Tunisians.
- She captured the sounds of a subway station on tape.
- She captured the details of the fresco in a series of photographs.
- His film adaptation captured the spirit of the original work.
- In her latest masterpiece, she captured the essence of Venice.
- My pawn was captured .
- He captured his opponent’s queen on the 15th move.
- How deeply ingrained capturing is in the mind of a chess master can be seen from this story.
