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Solace is a related term of revive.


In lang=en terms the difference between solace and revive

is that solace is to take comfort; to be cheered while revive is to restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state.

As verbs the difference between solace and revive

is that solace is to give solace to; comfort; cheer; console while revive is to return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.

As a noun solace

is comfort or consolation in a time of distress.

solace

English

Noun

  • Comfort or consolation in a time of distress.
  • You cannot put a monetary value on emotional solace .
  • A source of comfort or consolation.
  • * Rambler
  • The proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion.

    Synonyms

    * comfort * consolation * relief * support

    Derived terms

    * solaceful * solacement

    Verb

    (solac)
  • To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.
  • To allay or assuage.
  • To take comfort; to be cheered.
  • * 1593 , , IV. v. 48:
  • But one thing to rejoice and solace in, / And cruel death hath catched it from my sight.

    Anagrams

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    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