Restore vs Resurface - What's the difference?
restore | resurface |
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 come once again to the surface
To provide a new surface, to replace or remodel the surface of something, or to restore a surface. To put a new coating or finish on a surface.
To arise or become evident again. To re-occur or reappear.
(rare) To make something reappear.
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To come out of hiding or obscurity.
In lang=en terms the difference between restore and resurface
is that restore is to give in place of, or as restitution for while resurface is to arise or become evident again to re-occur or reappear.As verbs the difference between restore and resurface
is that restore is to reestablish, or bring back into existence while resurface is to come once again to the surface.As a noun restore
is (computing) the act of recovering data or a system from a backup.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.
