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Revival vs Surrender - What's the difference?

revival | surrender |

As nouns the difference between revival and surrender

is that revival is the act of reviving, or the state of being revived while surrender is an act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.

As a verb surrender is

to give up into the power, control, or possession of another; specifically (military) to yield (a town, a fortification, etc) to an enemy.

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

    surrender

    English

    Alternative forms

    * surrendre (archaic)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give up into the power, control, or possession of another; specifically (military) to yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
  • (intransitive, or, reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
    • I surrender !
  • To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
    • to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage
  • (reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
    • ''to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep
  • To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.

    • Synonyms

    * (l), (l) * wave the white flag

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
  • The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
  • (legal, property law) The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.

    • Synonyms

    * capitulation