Restore vs Recharge - What's the difference?
restore | recharge |
To reestablish, or bring back into existence.
To bring back to a previous condition or state.
* Bible, Mark iii. 5
* Prior
To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.
* Bible, Genesis xx. 7
* Milton
* Dryden
To give in place of, or as restitution for.
* Bible, Exodus xxii. 1
(computing) To recover (data, etc.) from a backup.
(obsolete) To make good; to make amends for.
* Shakespeare
To charge an electric battery after its power has been consumed.
To invigorate and revitalize one's energy level by removing stressful agents for a period of time.
* (rfdate) :
To reload a gun with ammunition.
To add or restore water to an aquifer.
To charge or accuse in return.
To attack again or anew.
Water that has percolated from the ground surface to an aquifer.
In transitive terms the difference between restore and recharge
is that restore is to give in place of, or as restitution for while recharge is to add or restore water to an aquifer.restore
English
Verb
(restor)- to restore harmony among those who are at variance
- He restored my lost faith in him by doing a good deed.
- and his hand was restored whole as the other
- our fortune restored after the severest afflictions
- Now therefore restore the man his wife.
- Loss of Eden, till one greater man / Restore us, and regain the blissful seat.
- The father banished virtue shall restore .
- He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
- There was a crash last night, and we're still restoring the file system.
- But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, / All losses are restored , and sorrows end.
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* English transitive verbsrecharge
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(wikipedia recharge)Verb
(recharg)- My body is a little bit sore from all of the practicing and playing and training, and your mind gets a little tired of it, too. It's nice to be able to recharge and come back fresh for the remainder of the year.
- (Dryden)
