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Resuscitation vs Revival - What's the difference?

resuscitation | revival |

As nouns the difference between resuscitation and revival

is that resuscitation is the act of resuscitating while revival is the act of reviving, or the state of being revived.

resuscitation

English

Noun

(resuscitations)
  • The act of resuscitating.

    • revival

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.
  • Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature.
  • Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, such as drama or literature.
  • Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest.
  • A Christian religious meeting held to inspire active members of a church body or to gain new converts.
  • Reanimation from a state of languor or depression; applied to health, a person's spirits, etc.
  • Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture.
  • Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion.
    • the revival of hot pants
  • Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal.
    • the revival''' of a debt barred by limitation; the '''revival of a revoked will
  • Revivification, as of a metal.

    • Derived terms

    * devival * revivalism * revivalist