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Replacement vs Revival - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between replacement and revival

is that replacement is a person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute while revival is the act of reviving, or the state of being revived.

replacement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
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    • , year=2010 , date=December 28 , author=Kevin Darlin , title=West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Rovers lost keeper Robinson to a calf problem at half-time and his replacement Mark Bunn, making his Premier League debut, was immediately called into action - pushing away a vicious Peter Odemwingie drive at the near post.}}
  • The act of replacing something.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * overreplacement * subreplacement
    See also
    * spare part

    revival

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.
  • Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature.
  • Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, such as drama or literature.
  • Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest.
  • A Christian religious meeting held to inspire active members of a church body or to gain new converts.
  • Reanimation from a state of languor or depression; applied to health, a person's spirits, etc.
  • Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture.
  • Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion.
    • the revival of hot pants
  • Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal.
    • the revival''' of a debt barred by limitation; the '''revival of a revoked will
  • Revivification, as of a metal.

    • Derived terms

    * devival * revivalism * revivalist