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Renewal vs Reconstruction - What's the difference?

renewal | reconstruction |

As nouns the difference between renewal and reconstruction

is that renewal is the act of renewing while reconstruction is a thing that has been reconstructed or restored to an earlier state.

As a proper noun Reconstruction is

a period of the history of the United States from 1865 to 1877, during which the nation tried to resolve the status of the ex-Confederate states, the ex-Confederate leaders, and the Freedmen (ex-slaves) after the American Civil War.

renewal

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of renewing.
  • (fencing) An offensive action made immediately after a parried one

    • Derived terms

    * urban renewal

    reconstruction

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A thing that has been reconstructed or restored to an earlier state.
  • The act of restoring something to an earlier state.
    • The reconstruction of the medieval bridge began last year.
  • A result of an attempt to understand in detail how a certain result or event occurred.
    • The detective's reconstruction of what happened that night is dubious.

    Related terms

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