different between resurrect vs respawn

English

Etymology

Back-formation from resurrection.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??z????kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

resurrect (third-person singular simple present resurrects, present participle resurrecting, simple past and past participle resurrected)

1. (transitive) To raise from the dead, to bring life back to.

   Synonym: revive

2. (transitive) To restore to a working state.
3. (transitive) To bring back to view or attention; reinstate.

Translations

English

Etymology

re- +? spawn

Verb

respawn (third-person singular simple present respawns, present participle respawning, simple past and past participle respawned)

1. (zoology) To spawn again.
   • 1970, Idaho Wildlife Review (volumes 23-29, page 161)

     This diminishes even further the remote chance of the fish surviving to respawn.

2. (video games, of a collected item, weapon or other pickup, or enemy) To reappear at its spawn point.
3. (video games, of a character) To re-enter play after being killed.

Antonyms

• despawn

Noun

respawn (plural respawns)

1. (video games) The reappearance of an item or enemy; the situation where something is respawned.
   • 2014, Jeff W. Murray, C# Game Programming Cookbook for Unity 3D (page 339)

     The race controller will check for a trigger hit between this player's collider and the start/finish line trigger, but this script has an OnTriggerEnter function to check for triggers used to force a respawn.

Anagrams

• Pawsner, enwraps, pawners, spawner