Reflated vs Deflated - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between reflated and deflated

is that reflated is past tense of reflate while deflated is past tense of deflate.

(head)

(reflate)

(reflat)

To reinflate, to inflate again.

(economics) To restore the general level of prices to a previous or desirable level.

*reflation

(head)

(deflate)

(deflat)

To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink

(economics) To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.

To become deflated.

To let down or disappoint.

To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm.

* inflate