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Rebirth vs Respawn - What's the difference?

rebirth | respawn |

As a noun rebirth

is reincarnation; new birth subsequent to one's first.

As a verb respawn is

to reappear at its spawn point.

rebirth

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Reincarnation; new birth subsequent to one's first.
  • * 1989 , Saral Jhingran, Aspects of Hindu morality , page 35:
    • A theistic version of the above doctrine of transmigratory existence is presented best in the Bhagavadgit? which compares the rebirth of the soul in another body to changing of clothes,
  • Revival, reinvigoration.
  • * 2009 , Richard Taruskin, Music in the Nineteenth Century :
    • And it was the spread of modern nationalism in the aftermath of Napoleon's defeat that mainly accounted for the nineteenth-century rebirth of the “Handelian” oratorio in Germany, where it had never thrived before,
  • Spiritual renewal.
  • * 2000 , Joseph Stoutzenberger, Celebrating Sacraments , page 132:
    • The rebirth of Baptism affirms that Christ the healer shares our life.
  • * 2011 , Chad T. Pierce, Spirits and the Proclamation of Christ , page 233:
    • Rather, in 1 Pet 3:21, those who have experienced rebirth in Christ, presumably through baptism, are promised an eschatological reward.

    Synonyms

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    See also

    * reborn * reincarnation * renaissance * revival * metempsychosis

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    respawn

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To reappear at its spawn point.
  • (video games, of a character) To re-enter play after being killed.
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  • * {{quote-web
    • , date=2014-03-25 , year= , first= , last= , author=Angela Watercutter , authorlink= , title=Tom Cruise Respawns Into Alien War in New Edge of Tomorrow Trailer , site=Wired citation , archiveorg= , accessdate=2014-04-24 , passage=How and why he gets stuck in this constant respawn cycle is a bit unclear, … }}

    Antonyms

    * despawn

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