different between rejuvenation vs recovery

English

Etymology

rejuvenate +? -ion, cf. Latin reiuvenati?.

Noun

rejuvenation (countable and uncountable, plural rejuvenations)

1. The process of rendering young again.
2. The process of producing beneficial changes.

Related terms

• rejuvenate
• rejuvenating

Translations

See also

• age-reversal

Further reading

• rejuvenation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• rejuvenation on Wikiversity.Wikiversity
• “rejuvenation”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

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