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Resurgent vs Resurrect - What's the difference?

resurgent | resurrect |

As an adjective resurgent

is undergoing a resurgence; experiencing renewed vigor or vitality.

As a noun resurgent

is one who rises again, as from the dead.

As a verb resurrect is

to raise from the dead, to bring life back to.

resurgent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Undergoing a resurgence; experiencing renewed vigor or vitality.
  • (astronomy) Of a celestial object, moving upwards relative to the horizon after a period of having moved downwards.
  • Rising again, as from the dead.
  • (Coleridge)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who rises again, as from the dead.
  • (Sydney Smith)
    (Webster 1913) ----

    resurrect

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To raise from the dead, to bring life back to.
  • To re-use.
  • To bring to view or attention.