Rekindles vs Rekindled - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between rekindles and rekindled

is that rekindles is third-person singular of rekindle while rekindled is past tense of rekindle.

(head)

(rekindle)

(en-verb)

To kindle once again.

To revive.

After being abroad for a decade, when he came back he rekindled his obsession with cricket.