Rejuvenate vs Recuperate - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between rejuvenate and recuperate

is that rejuvenate is to render young again while recuperate is to recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.

(rejuvenat)

To render young again.

(recuperat)

To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.

(sociology) To co-opt subversive ideas for mainstream use

* 2002 , Roger Beebe, ?Denise Fulbrook, ?Ben Saunders, Rock Over the Edge: Transformations in Popular Music Culture

* recuperation

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