Relapse vs Recovery - What's the difference?
relapse | recovery |
To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.
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(intransitive, medicine, of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated.
To slip or slide back physically; to turn back.
The act or situation of relapsing.
(medicine) An occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement
(obsolete) One who has relapsed, or fallen back into error; a backslider.
The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.
A return to normal health.
A return to former status.
Renewed growth after a slump (economy).
As nouns the difference between relapse and recovery
is that relapse is the act or situation of relapsing while recovery is the act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.As a verb relapse
is to fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.relapse
English
Verb
(relaps)- (Dryden)
Noun
(en noun)- Alas! from what high hope to what relapse / Unlooked for are we fallen! — Milton.