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Preservation vs Rediscovery - What's the difference?

preservation | rediscovery |

As nouns the difference between preservation and rediscovery

is that preservation is preservation while rediscovery is the act of rediscovering.

preservation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
  • * William Shakespeare, Henry VIII
    • Nature does not require''
    ''Her times of preservation, which, perforce''
    ''I give my tendence to
  • * Ecclesiastes. xxxiv. 16
    • The eyes of the Lord are upon them that love him, his is ther mighty protection, a preservation from stumbling, and a help from falling.
  • *
    • Every seneseless thing by nature's light''
    ''Doth preservation seek, destruction shun
  • *
    • Our allwise maker has put into man the uneasiness of hunger, thirst and other natural desires, to determine their wills for the preservation of themselves, and the continuation of their species.

    rediscovery

    English

    Noun

    (rediscoveries)
  • The act of rediscovering
  • A second or subsequent discovery of the same thing