different between recovery vs recaption

English

Alternative forms

• recovre (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English recoveree, from Old French recovree, from recovrer (“recover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k?v??i/, /???k?v?i/
• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /???k?v??i/, /???k?v?i/

Noun

recovery (countable and uncountable, plural recoveries)

1. The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.
2. A return to normal health.
3. A return to former status or position.
   1. The act of regaining the natural position after curtseying.
   2. The act of regaining the position of guard after making an attack, in fencing, sparring, etc.
4. (economics) Renewed growth after a slump.
5. (law) A verdict giving somebody the right to recover debts or costs.
6. (mining) The extraction of an ore from a mine, or of a metal from an ore
7. (gaming) The ability to recover or regain health.

Derived terms

• recovery CD
• recovery position
• recovery truck
• recovery vehicle

Related terms

• recover

Translations

Middle English

Noun

recovery

1. Alternative form of recoveree

English

Etymology

re- +? caption

Noun

recaption (countable and uncountable, plural recaptions)

1. (law) The lawful claim and recovery, by a person, of goods wrongly taken from him
   • 2005, Akhil Reed Amar, America's Constitution: A Biography:

Verb

recaption (third-person singular simple present recaptions, present participle recaptioning, simple past and past participle recaptioned)

1. (transitive) To assign a new caption to.

   The newspaper was forced to recaption the photograph to avoid a libel suit.

Anagrams

• captioner, pre-action, preaction, precation