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Recuperation vs Recovery - What's the difference?

recuperation | recovery |

As nouns the difference between recuperation and recovery

is that recuperation is gradual restoration to health; convalescence while recovery is the act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.

recuperation

English

Noun

(-)
  • Gradual restoration to health; convalescence.
  • Instance of getting something back.
  • (sociology) Process by which radical or subversive ideas are co-opted by mainstream society.

    • Antonyms

    * (process in sociology) (l)

    See also

    * recovery and reconstitution

    External links

    * * ----

    recovery

    English

    (wikipedia recovery)

    Alternative forms

    * recovre (obsolete)

    Noun

    (recoveries)
  • The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.
  • A return to normal health.
  • A return to former status.
  • Renewed growth after a slump (economy).

    • Derived terms

    * recovery CD * recovery position

    Related terms

    * recover