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Regeneration vs Quickening - What's the difference?

regeneration | quickening |

As nouns the difference between regeneration and quickening

is that regeneration is regeneration while quickening is an increase of speed.

As a verb quickening is

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regeneration

English

Noun

(wikipedia regeneration)
  • rebuilding or restructuring; large scale repair or renewal.
    • ''The conversion of so many old industrial buildings into living quarters was a major factor in the regeneration .
  • (fantasy, gaming) restoration of health or hit points
  • * 1995 , David Zeb Cook, Jean Rabe, Warren Spector, Dungeon master guide for the AD&D game (page 202)
    • The standard ring of regeneration restores one point of damage per turn (and will eventually replace lost limbs or organs).
  • * 2003 , Bastion Press, E. W. Morton, Out for Blood
    • Regeneration does not restore hit points lost from starvation, thirst, or suffocation.

    Synonyms

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    Abbreviations

    * regen

    quickening

    English

    Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An increase of speed.
  • * 1861 , United States. War Dept, U.S. Infantry Tactics (page 124)
    • If the following guide lose his distance from the one leading (which can only happen by his own fault), he will correct himself by slightly lengthening or shortening a few steps, in order that there may not be sudden quickenings or slackenings in the march of his platoon.
  • The action of bringing someone or something to life.
  • The first noticable movements of a foetus during pregnancy, or the period when this occurs.
  • Stimulation, excitement (of a feeling, emotion etc.).
  • * 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
    • It may indeed be said that these days brought on a high quickening of Maisie's direct percptions, of her sense of freedom to make out things for herself.