Revive vs Recharge - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between revive and recharge

is that revive is to restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state while recharge is to add or restore water to an aquifer.

In intransitive terms the difference between revive and recharge

is that revive is to recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal while recharge is to invigorate and revitalize one's energy level by removing stressful agents for a period of time.

As a noun recharge is

water that has percolated from the ground surface to an aquifer.

revive

English

(Webster 1913)

Verb

(reviv)

To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.

The Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into again, and he revived . 1 Kings xvii. 22.

The dying puppy was revived by a soft hand.

Her grandmother refused to be revived if she lost consciousness

To recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century.

In recent years, The Manx language has been revived after dying out and is now taught in some schools on the Isle of Man.

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To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.

Hopefully this new paint job should revive the surgery waiting room

To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.

Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning.

To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken.

The Harry Potter films revived the world's interest in wizardry

To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.

To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state

revive a metal after calcination.

Synonyms

* rediscover * resurrect * renew

Derived terms

* revival * revivable * unrevivable

recharge

English

(wikipedia recharge)

Verb

(recharg)

To charge an electric battery after its power has been consumed.

To invigorate and revitalize one's energy level by removing stressful agents for a period of time.

* (rfdate) :

My body is a little bit sore from all of the practicing and playing and training, and your mind gets a little tired of it, too. It's nice to be able to recharge and come back fresh for the remainder of the year.

To reload a gun with ammunition.

To add or restore water to an aquifer.

To charge or accuse in return.

To attack again or anew.

(Dryden)

Synonyms

* (sense, to invigorate and revitalize one's energy level by removing stressful agents) unwind

Noun

(-)

Water that has percolated from the ground surface to an aquifer.

Derived terms

* recharge area * recharge well ----