different between facelift vs renovate

English

Alternative forms

• face-lift, face lift

Etymology

From face +? lift.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fe?s?l?ft/

Noun

facelift (plural facelifts)

1. Plastic surgery to the face to remove wrinkles, fat or various signs of aging.
2. (by extension) Any activity undertaken to renew, revamp, update, or improve the appearance of something.

Translations

Verb

facelift (third-person singular simple present facelifts, present participle facelifting, simple past and past participle facelifted)

1. To perform a facelift upon.

Translations

Further reading

• facelift on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• fact file, factfile

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English facelift.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fe?s.l?ft/
• Hyphenation: face?lift

Noun

facelift m (plural facelifts, diminutive faceliftje n)

1. A facelift (remodelling of a face, facade, front or general appearance of someone or something).

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin renovatus, perfect passive participle of renov? (“I renew”), either directly or as a back-formation from renovation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??en??ve?t/, /???n??ve?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??en?ve?t/

Verb

renovate (third-person singular simple present renovates, present participle renovating, simple past and past participle renovated)

1. (transitive) To renew; to revamp something to make it look new again.

   This house is shabby: it needs renovating.

2. (transitive) To restore to freshness or vigor.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:repair

Derived terms

• renovation

Translations

See also

• rejuvenate

Anagrams

• overneat

Latin

Verb

renov?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of renov?