different between recrudescent vs outbreak

English

Etymology

From Latin recr?d?sc? (“I become raw again”); from re- + cr?d?sc? (“I become harsh or raw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k?u(?)?d?s?nt/

Adjective

recrudescent (not comparable)

1. Breaking out again or reemerging after temporary abatement or suppression.

2. (archaic) Growing raw, sore, or painful again.

Hypernyms

• recurrent
• reemergent

Related terms

• recrudescence

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.k?y.d?.s??/

Adjective

recrudescent (feminine singular recrudescente, masculine plural recrudescents, feminine plural recrudescentes)

1. recrudescent, reemerging

Related terms

• recrudescence

Further reading

• “recrudescent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French recrudescent

Adjective

recrudescent m or n (feminine singular recrudescent?, masculine plural recrudescen?i, feminine and neuter plural recrudescente)

1. recrudescent

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English outbreken, oute-breken, from Old English ?t?brecan (“to break out”), equivalent to out- +? break. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutbreeke (“to break out; burst out”), West Frisian útbrekke (“to break out”), Dutch uitbreken (“to break out, burst out”), German ausbrechen (“to break out, erupt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?tb?e?k/
• Hyphenation: out?break

Noun

outbreak (plural outbreaks)

1. An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc.

   Any epidemic outbreak causes understandable panic.

2. (figuratively) An outburst or sudden eruption, especially of violence and mischief.

   There has been an outbreak of broken windows in the street.

3. A sudden increase.

   There has been an outbreak of vandalism at the school.

4. A geological layer that breaks out.

Synonyms

• (figurative outburst): outburst, tumult

Antonyms

• inbreak

Translations

Verb

outbreak (third-person singular simple present outbreaks, present participle outbreaking, simple past outbroke, past participle outbroken)

1. (intransitive) To burst out.
2. (intransitive) To break forth.

See also

• breakout

Anagrams

• break out, breakout, kabouter, outbrake