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Revival vs Revivor - What's the difference?

revival | revivor |

As nouns the difference between revival and revivor

is that revival is the act of reviving, or the state of being revived while revivor is (uk|legal) revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage of any of the parties.

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

    revivor

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, legal) revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage of any of the parties.
  • (Blackstone)
  • (Ireland, legal) revival into force of a statute which had previously been repealed
  • * 1962 Statute Law Revision (Pre-Union Irish Statutes) Act, 1962 ยง2(2) Irish Statute Book, No. 29 of 1962:
  • Where any enactment not repealed by this Act has been confirmed, revived or perpetuated by any enactment hereby repealed, such confirmation, revivor or perpetuation shall not be affected by the repeal.
    (Webster 1913) ----