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Revival vs Reincarnation - What's the difference?

revival | reincarnation |

As nouns the difference between revival and reincarnation

is that revival is the act of reviving, or the state of being revived while reincarnation is a rebirth of a mental capacity, such as a soul, in a physical life form, such as a body.

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

    reincarnation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rebirth of a mental capacity, such as a soul, in a physical life form, such as a body
  • The idea of such a rebirth, a specific belief or doctrine on how such a rebirth occurs
  • A fresh embodiment
  • A new, considerably improved, version
  • Synonyms

    * rebirth (1, and to some extent 2)

    See also

    * rebirth * transmigration