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Recruit vs Restore - What's the difference?

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Recruit is a related term of restore.


As nouns the difference between recruit and restore

is that recruit is a supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement while restore is (computing) the act of recovering data or a system from a backup.

As verbs the difference between recruit and restore

is that recruit is to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, military, etc while restore is to reestablish, or bring back into existence.

recruit

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.
  • A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
  • A hired worker
  • These new recruits were hired after passing the interviews
  • (biology, ecology) A new member of a certain population, usually referring to a juvenile.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, military, etc.
  • We need to recruit more admin staff to deal with the massive surge in popularity of our products
  • To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; also, to muster
  • the army was recruited for a campaign .
    they were looking to recruit two thousand troops for battle
  • (archaic) To replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies; to remedy lack or deficiency in
  • Food recruits''' the flesh; fresh air and exercise '''recruit the spirits.
  • * Glanvill
  • Her cheeks glow the brighter, recruiting their colour.
  • (dated) To recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like
  • Lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures.
    Go to the country to recruit .

    restore

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) The act of recovering data or a system from a backup.
  • Verb

    (restor)
  • To reestablish, or bring back into existence.
  • to restore harmony among those who are at variance
    He restored my lost faith in him by doing a good deed.
  • To bring back to a previous condition or state.
  • * Bible, Mark iii. 5
  • and his hand was restored whole as the other
  • * Prior
  • our fortune restored after the severest afflictions
  • To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.
  • * Bible, Genesis xx. 7
  • Now therefore restore the man his wife.
  • * Milton
  • Loss of Eden, till one greater man / Restore us, and regain the blissful seat.
  • * Dryden
  • The father banished virtue shall restore .
  • To give in place of, or as restitution for.
  • * Bible, Exodus xxii. 1
  • He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
  • (computing) To recover (data, etc.) from a backup.
  • There was a crash last night, and we're still restoring the file system.
  • (obsolete) To make good; to make amends for.
  • * Shakespeare
  • But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, / All losses are restored , and sorrows end.

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