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Revival vs Resurgent - What's the difference?

revival | resurgent |

As nouns the difference between revival and resurgent

is that revival is the act of reviving, or the state of being revived while resurgent is one who rises again, as from the dead.

As an adjective resurgent is

undergoing a resurgence; experiencing renewed vigor or vitality.

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

    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)
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