Recuperate vs Retrieve - What's the difference?
recuperate | retrieve |
To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
(sociology) To co-opt subversive ideas for mainstream use
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To regain or get back something.
* Dryden
To rescue (a) creature(s)
To salvage something
To remedy or rectify something.
To remember or recall something.
To fetch or carry back something.
* Berkeley
To fetch and bring in game.
To fetch and bring in game systematically.
To fetch or carry back systematically, notably as a game.
(sports) To make a difficult but successful return of the ball.
(obsolete) To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair (a loss or damage).
* Prior
* Burke
A retrieval
(sports) The return of a difficult ball
(obsolete) A seeking again; a discovery.
(obsolete) The recovery of game once sprung.
As verbs the difference between recuperate and retrieve
is that recuperate is to recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness while retrieve is to regain or get back something.As a noun retrieve is
a retrieval.recuperate
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Verb
(recuperat)Derived terms
* recuperationExternal links
* * * ----retrieve
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Verb
(retriev)- to retrieve''' one's character or independence; to '''retrieve a thrown ball
- With late repentance now they would retrieve / The bodies they forsook, and wish to live.
- to retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits
- The cook doesn't care what's shot, only what's actually retrieved .
- Dog breeds called 'retrievers' were selected for retrieving .
- Most dogs love retrieving , regardless of what object is thrown.
- Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall.
- There is much to be done and much to be retrieved .
Derived terms
* retrieverNoun
(en noun)- (Ben Jonson)
- (Nares)