different between resuscitate vs refresh

English

Etymology

From Latin resuscitatus, past participle of resuscitare (“to raise up again, revive”), from re- (“again”) + suscitare (“to raise up”), from sub- (“up, under”) + citare (“to summon, rouse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???s?s??te?t/

Verb

resuscitate (third-person singular simple present resuscitates, present participle resuscitating, simple past and past participle resuscitated)

1. (transitive) To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.

   to resuscitate a drowned person; to resuscitate withered plants

2. (intransitive) To regain consciousness.

Synonyms

• (to regain consciousness): come to

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

resuscitate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Restored to life.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Gardiner to this entry?)

Further reading

• resuscitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• resuscitate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• resuscitate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Italian

Verb

resuscitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of resuscitare
2. second-person plural imperative of resuscitare
3. feminine plural of resuscitato

Latin

Verb

resuscit?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of resuscit?

English

Etymology

From Middle English refreshen, refreschen, refrisschen, from Old French refrescher (“to refresh”) (modern French rafraîchir), equivalent to re- +? fresh.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?i?f???/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???f???/
• Rhymes: -??

Verb

refresh (third-person singular simple present refreshes, present participle refreshing, simple past and past participle refreshed)

1. (transitive) To renew or revitalize.

   Sleep refreshes the body and the mind.

2. (intransitive) To become fresh again; to be revitalized.
3. (computing, transitive, intransitive) To reload (a document, especially a webpage) and show any new changes.
4. (computing, transitive, intransitive) To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.
5. To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
6. (intransitive, colloquial, dated) To take refreshment; to eat or drink.
   • 1972, Vermont History (volume 40, page 268)

     We got within two miles of there, and stopped in the woods out of sight, where we refreshed with some brandy, and gave the two boys very large portions.

Translations

1. (transitive) To renew or revitalize.

   Sleep refreshes the body and the mind.

Noun

refresh (plural refreshes)

1. The periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
2. (computing) The update of a display (in a web browser or similar software) to show the latest version of the data.
3. The process of modernizing something.
   • 2013, Mark Phythian, Understanding the Intelligence Cycle (page 43)

     Experiences such as the Al Qaeda threat have provided a taste of how the landscape may have changed very fundamentally. Do these changes spell the end of the Cycle as a useful concept, or does it just need a refresh?

Translations

Anagrams

• fresher