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Revved vs Revived - What's the difference?

revved | revived |

As verbs the difference between revved and revived

is that revved is past tense of rev while revived is past tense of revive.

revved

English

Verb

(head)
  • (rev)

    • rev

    English

    Etymology 1

    Abbreviation of (revolution)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • revolution

    • Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of (reverend)

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • reverend

    • Etymology 3

    Abbreviation of revolutions, rpm

    Verb

    (revv)
  • To increase the speed of a motor, or to operate at a higher speed.
    • He revved the engine in a rather macho style.
    You could hear the engines revving from a mile away.
    Derived terms
    * overrev

    Anagrams

    * English intransitive verbs English transitive verbs ----

    revived

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (revive)

    • 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.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 19 , author=Phil McNulty , title=England 1-0 Ukraine , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The incident immediately revived the debate about goal-line technology, with a final decision on whether it is introduced expected to be taken in Zurich on 5 July.}}
  • 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