Redeem vs Salvage - What's the difference?
redeem | salvage |
To recover ownership of something by buying it back.
To liberate by payment of a ransom.
To set free by force.
To save, rescue
To clear, release from debt or blame
To expiate, atone (for ...)
(finance) To convert (some bond or security) into cash
To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).
To repair, restore
To reform, change (for the better)
To restore the reputation or honour of oneself or something.
(archaic) To reclaim
the rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation
the ship, crew or cargo so rescued
the compensation paid to the rescuers
the similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued
anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted
damaged
* salvage cars auction.
Of property, people or situations at risk, to rescue
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=September 13
, author=Sam Lyon
, title=Borussia Dortmund 1 - 1 Arsenal
, work=BBC
Of discarded goods, to put to use
To make new or restore for the use of being saved
In transitive terms the difference between redeem and salvage
is that redeem is to restore the reputation or honour of oneself or something while salvage is to make new or restore for the use of being saved.As a noun salvage is
the rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation.redeem
English
Verb
(en verb)Synonyms
* (recover ownership) buy back, repurchaseAntonyms
* abandonDerived terms
* redeem oneself * redeemable * redeemably * redeemer * unredeemable * unredeemably * unredeemedsalvage
English
(wikipedia salvage)Etymology 1
From (etyl) salver, from .Noun
(en noun)Verb
(salvag)citation, page= , passage=Robin van Persie looked to have secured the points for the Gunners with a fine goal from Theo Walcott's through ball. But Perisic dipped a sublime 20-yard shot home to salvage a draw.}}