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Recuperate vs Resuscitate - What's the difference?

recuperate | resuscitate |

As verbs the difference between recuperate and resuscitate

is that recuperate is to recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness while resuscitate is to restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.

As an adjective resuscitate is

restored to life.

recuperate

English

Verb

(recuperat)
  • To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
  • (sociology) To co-opt subversive ideas for mainstream use
  • * 2002 , Roger Beebe, ?Denise Fulbrook, ?Ben Saunders, Rock Over the Edge: Transformations in Popular Music Culture

    • Derived terms

    * recuperation

    External links

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    resuscitate

    English

    Verb

    (resuscitat)
  • To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.
    • to resuscitate''' a drowned person; to '''resuscitate withered plants
  • To regain consciousness.

    • Related terms

    * resuscitable * resuscitation * resuscitative * nonresuscitable * nonresuscitation * nonresuscitative * unresuscitable * unresuscitated * unresuscitating * unresuscitative

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Restored to life.
    • (Bishop Gardiner)

    External links

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