different between resilient vs rebounding

English

Etymology

From Middle English resilient, from Old French resilient, from Latin resili?ns, present active participle of resili? (“I leap or spring back”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

resilient (comparative more resilient, superlative most resilient)

1. (of objects or substances) Returning quickly to original shape after force is applied; elastic.
   1. (materials science) Having the ability to absorb energy when deformed.
2. (of systems, organisms or people) Returning quickly to normal after damaging events or conditions.
   • 1994, Michael Grumley, The Last Diary:

     He’s resilient, and strong, but sometimes tonight, here, the weight of what he’s saying makes him stop, pause as if lost.

   1. (psychology, neuroscience) Having the ability to recover from mental illness, trauma, etc.; having resilience.

Synonyms

• bendable
• flexible
• strong

Antonyms

• brittle
• fragile

Derived terms

• resilience

Related terms

• resile
• resilience
• result

Translations

Latin

Verb

resilient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of resili?

English

Verb

rebounding

1. present participle of rebound

Noun

rebounding (countable and uncountable, plural reboundings)

1. The act of something that rebounds.
   • 1996, R. W. Sharples, Stoics, Epicureans and Sceptics (page 138)

     It seems hard to suppose that the collisions and reboundings of the atoms cancel out the downward movement of everything entirely.

2. (uncountable) Synonym of rebound exercise