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Rescue vs Heal - What's the difference?

rescue | heal |

As a proper noun rescue

is a city in california (zip code 95672).

As a verb heal is

to hide; conceal; keep secret or heal can be to make better from a disease, wound, etc; to revive or cure.

As a noun heal is

(obsolete) health.

rescue

English

Verb

(rescu) (transitive)
  • To save from any violence, danger or evil.
    • ''The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche
  • To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
    • to rescue a prisoner from the enemy
  • To recover forcibly
  • To deliver by arms, notably from a siege
  • (figuratively) To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
    • Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 13 , author=Sam Lyon , title=Borussia Dortmund 1 - 1 Arsenal , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Arsenal's hopes of starting their Champions League campaign with an away win were dashed when substitute Ivan Perisic's superb late volley rescued a point for Borussia Dortmund.}}

    Synonyms

    * free, deliver, pull out of the fire, save the day * (to free from confinement) liberate, release * (to free from restraint) release, unshackle, untie * (to recover forcibly) recapture, retake * (to deliver by arms) liberate * (to rescue from evil or sin) redeem, save

    Antonyms

    * (all senses) abandon, ignore * endanger, imperil * (to free from confinement) enslave, incarcerate * (to free from restraint) bind, constrict, hamper, inhibit, obstruct, preclude * (to recover forcibly) kidnap * (to deliver by arms) arrest, capture * (to rescue from evil or sin) corrupt, deprave

    Derived terms

    * rescuee * rescuer

    Related terms

    * quash

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
  • A liberation, freeing.
  • The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril
    • ''The rescue of Jerusalem was the original motive of the Crusaders
  • A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded
  • A rescuee.
    • The dog proved a rescue with some behavior issues.

    Usage notes

    * Often used attributively as an adjective, e.g. "rescue equipment".

    Derived terms

    * come to someone's rescue * rescue dog * rescue mission

    Anagrams

    *

    heal

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) helen, hilen, from (etyl) . Related to (l), (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l) * (l) (Scotland)

    Verb

  • To hide; conceal; keep secret.
  • To cover, as for protection.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) helen, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Verb

  • To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
    • This bandage will heal your cut.
  • * Bible, Matthew viii. 8
    • Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed .
  • To become better.
    • Bandages allow cuts to heal .
  • To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt.
    • to heal dissensions
    Synonyms
    * (make better) cure, make whole * (become better) get better, recover
    Derived terms
    * healable * healand, Healand * healer * health

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) health
    • (Chaucer)

    Anagrams

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