Relegate vs Restore - What's the difference?
relegate | restore |
Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
# (done to a person) Exile or banish to a particular place.
# (reflexive, obsolete, rare) Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere.
# (transitive, historical, Ancient Rome, done to a person) Banish from proximity'' to Rome for a set time; compare '' .
#* .
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# (figuratively) Remove or send to a place far away.
(in extended use) Consign or assign.
# Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, or (especially) inferiority.
# Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification.
# (sports, chiefly, soccer) Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.
Refer or submit.
# Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof.
# Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate.
# Submit or refer (someone) to'' someone or something else ''for some reason or purpose.
A person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights.
(archaic) Relegated]]; [[exile, exiled.
To reestablish, or bring back into existence.
To bring back to a previous condition or state.
* Bible, Mark iii. 5
* Prior
To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.
* Bible, Genesis xx. 7
* Milton
* Dryden
To give in place of, or as restitution for.
* Bible, Exodus xxii. 1
(computing) To recover (data, etc.) from a backup.
(obsolete) To make good; to make amends for.
* Shakespeare
In lang=en terms the difference between relegate and restore
is that relegate is refer or submit while restore is to give in place of, or as restitution for.As verbs the difference between relegate and restore
is that relegate is exile, banish, remove, or send away while restore is to reestablish, or bring back into existence.As nouns the difference between relegate and restore
is that relegate is a person who has been banished from proximity to rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights while restore is (computing) the act of recovering data or a system from a backup.As an adjective relegate
is (archaic) relegated]]; [[exile|exiled.relegate
English
Etymology 1
First attested in 1561: from (“I dispatch”, “I banish”).Alternative forms
* (l)Verb
Derived terms
* (l), (l)References
* “relegate, v.''” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989) * “
relegate, v.''” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary (draft revision, March 2010)
Etymology 2
First attested circa 1550: from the Classical (etyl) (“I dispatch”, “I banish”).Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)References
* “†?relegate, n.''” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989) * “
†relegate, n.''” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary (draft revision, December 2009)
Etymology 3
First attested circa 1425: from the Classical (etyl) (“I dispatch”, “I banish”).Alternative forms
* (l) * (l)Adjective
(-)References
* “†relegate, adj.'']” listed in the ''[[w:Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford English Dictionary](draft revision, June 2010)
Anagrams
* English terms with multiple etymologies ----restore
English
Verb
(restor)- to restore harmony among those who are at variance
- He restored my lost faith in him by doing a good deed.
- and his hand was restored whole as the other
- our fortune restored after the severest afflictions
- Now therefore restore the man his wife.
- Loss of Eden, till one greater man / Restore us, and regain the blissful seat.
- The father banished virtue shall restore .
- He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
- There was a crash last night, and we're still restoring the file system.
- But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, / All losses are restored , and sorrows end.