Relieved vs Relived - What's the difference?
relieved | relived |
Experiencing or exhibiting relief.
* 2011 , Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15195384.stm]
(relieve)
(relive)
(obsolete) To bring back to life; to revive, resuscitate.
*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.4:
*:Had she not beene devoide of mortall slime, / Shee should not then have bene relyv'd againe [...].
To come back to life.
To experience (something) again; to live over again.
:I relive that horrible accident every night and wake screaming, just as I screamed when it happened.
As verbs the difference between relieved and relived
is that relieved is past tense of relieve while relived is past tense of relive.As an adjective relieved
is experiencing or exhibiting relief.relieved
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- In a single moment Montenegro and their supporters were given fresh impetus and encouragement. Beciraj tested Hart with a low shot before teenager Phil Jones, on his England debut, suffered an anxious moment when Stevan Jovetic went down under his challenge, leaving the youngster clearly relieved to see referee Stark wave away Montenegro's appeals.