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Recuperate vs Regenerate - What's the difference?

recuperate | regenerate |

As verbs the difference between recuperate and regenerate

is that recuperate is to recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness while regenerate is to construct or create anew, especially in an improved manner.

As an adjective regenerate is

spiritually reborn.

recuperate

English

Verb

(recuperat)
  • To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
  • (sociology) To co-opt subversive ideas for mainstream use
  • * 2002 , Roger Beebe, ?Denise Fulbrook, ?Ben Saunders, Rock Over the Edge: Transformations in Popular Music Culture

    • Derived terms

    * recuperation

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    regenerate

    English

    Alternative forms

    * regen (abbreviation)

    Verb

    (regenerat)
  • To construct or create anew, especially in an improved manner.
  • To revitalize.
  • (biology) To replace lost or damaged tissue.
  • To become reconstructed.
  • To undergo a spiritual rebirth.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Spiritually reborn.
  • (obsolete) Reproduced.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The earthly author of my blood, / Whose youthful spirit, in me regenerate , / Doth with a twofold vigour lift me up.
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