different between resilient vs resile

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

Etymology

From Middle French resiler (compare French résilier), from Latin resili? (“spring back”), from re- (“back”) + sali? (“I jump”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???za?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???za?l/, /?i?za?l/

Verb

resile (third-person singular simple present resiles, present participle resiling, simple past and past participle resiled)

1. To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.

   I once described this rather vulgarly as a Euro-wanking make-work project and I do not resile from that.
2. To spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.

Related terms

• resiliency
• resilient
• resilience
• result

Translations

References

• resile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Eilers, Eisler, Leiers, Leiser, Lieser, relies