Renew vs Relief - What's the difference?
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(lb) To make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition.
*c.1596-98 , ,
*:In such a night / Medea gather’d the enchanted herbs / That did renew old AEson.
(lb) To replace (something which has broken etc.); to replenish (something which has been exhausted), to keep up a required supply of.
(lb) To make new spiritually; to regenerate.
*1526 , (William Tyndale), , Romans 12.2:
*:And fassion not youre selves lyke vnto this worlde: But be ye chaunged in youre shape by the renuynge of youre wittes that ye maye fele what thynge that good yt acceptable and perfaycte will of god is.
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*:to such as are in fear they strike a great impression, renew many times, and recal such chimeras and terrible fictions into their minds.
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*2010 September, Michael Allen, "St. Louis Preservation Fund", , ISSN 1090-5723, Vol.16, Is.9, p.74:
(lb) To begin again; to recommence.
*, IV.8:
*:Then gan he all this storie to renew , / And tell the course of his captivitie.
*1660 , (John Dryden), translating Virgil, (apparently from Eclogue 4''), a snippet of translation used to introduce Dryden's ''
*:The last great age, foretold by sacred rhymes, / Renews its finished course ; Saturnian times / Roll round again.
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*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
(lb) To repeat.
*1674 , (John Milton), :
*:The birds their notes renew , and bleating herds / Attest their joy, that hill and valley rings.
To extend a period of loan, especially a library book that is due to be returned.
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The removal of stress or discomfort.
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, passage=Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness,
The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.
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, chapter=20 The person who takes over a shift for another.
Aid or assistance offered in time of need.
(legal) Court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress.
A lowering of a tax through special provisions; short for tax relief.
A type of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.
The apparent difference in elevation in the surface of a painting or drawing made noticeable by a variation in light or color.
The difference of elevations on a surface.
As a verb renew
is (lb) to make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition.As a noun relief is
embossment (especially that on a map).renew
English
Verb
(en verb)II.2.6.ii:
- Renewing neighborhoods dealing with vacant buildings badly need options other than demolition or dangerous vacant spaces.
Astræa Redux: A poem on the happy restoration and return of His Sacred Majesty Charles II
Synonyms
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*relief
English
(wikipedia relief)Etymology 1
From (etyl) . See also relieve.Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Tony's face expressed relief , and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one,
Synonyms
* (removal of stress and discomfort) ease, alleviation, liss, respite * (feeling of removal of stress and discomfort) ease, alleviation, liss * (person who takes over a shift) stand-in, substitute, backup, fill-inDerived terms
* relieve * relief agency * relief pitcher * relief map * relief workerEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- the relief on that part of the Earth's surface