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Reanimate vs Stimulate - What's the difference?

reanimate | stimulate |

As verbs the difference between reanimate and stimulate

is that reanimate is to animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a drowned person; to reanimate disheartened troops; to reanimate languid spirits while stimulate is to encourage into action.

As an adjective reanimate

is being animate again.

reanimate

English

Etymology 1

From (re-) + (animate) (adjective)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Being animate again.

    • Etymology 2

    From (re-) + (animate) (verb)

    Verb

    (reanimat)
  • To animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a drowned person; to reanimate disheartened troops; to reanimate languid spirits.

    • stimulate

    English

    Verb

    (stimulat)
  • To encourage into action.
  • To arouse an organism to functional activity.

    • Synonyms

    * (encourage) encourage, induce, provoke * (arouse) animate, arouse, energize, energise, excite, perk up

    Antonyms

    * (arouse) de-energize, sedate, stifle

    Related terms

    * stimulant * stimulation * stimulator * stimulatory * stimulus

    Anagrams

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