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Reformation vs Reconstruction - What's the difference?

reformation | reconstruction |

As nouns the difference between reformation and reconstruction

is that reformation is an improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs while reconstruction is a thing that has been reconstructed or restored to an earlier state.

As proper nouns the difference between reformation and reconstruction

is that reformation is the religious movement initiated by Martin Luther in the 16th century to reform the Roman Catholic Church while Reconstruction is a period of the history of the United States from 1865 to 1877, during which the nation tried to resolve the status of the ex-Confederate states, the ex-Confederate leaders, and the Freedmen (ex-slaves) after the American Civil War.

reformation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs.
  • reconstruction

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A thing that has been reconstructed or restored to an earlier state.
  • The act of restoring something to an earlier state.
  • The reconstruction of the medieval bridge began last year.
  • A result of an attempt to understand in detail how a certain result or event occurred.
  • The detective's reconstruction of what happened that night is dubious.