different between revival vs reincarnation

English

Etymology

revive +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???va?v?l/
• Rhymes: -a?v?l
• Hyphenation: re?vi?val

Noun

revival (countable and uncountable, plural revivals)

1. The act of reviving, or the state of being revived
2. Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature.
3. Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, such as drama or literature.
4. Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest.
5. A Christian religious meeting held to inspire active members of a church body or to gain new converts.
6. Reanimation from a state of languor or depression; applied to health, a person's spirits, etc.
7. Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture.
8. Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion.

   the revival of hot pants

9. Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; reinstatement of a legal action.

   the revival of a debt barred by limitation; the revival of a revoked will

10. Revivification, as of a metal.

Derived terms

• devival
• revivalism
• revivalist

Translations

Spanish

Noun

revival m (plural revivales)

1. revival

English

Etymology

From reincarnate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

reincarnation (countable and uncountable, plural reincarnations)

1. A rebirth of a soul, in a physical life form, such as a body.
2. The philosophy of such a rebirth, a specific belief or doctrine on how such a rebirth occurs.
3. A fresh embodiment.
4. A new, considerably improved, version.

Synonyms

• rebirth (1, and to some extent 2)
• (fresh embodiment): reembodiment

Derived terms

• reincarnationism
• reincarnationist

Related terms

• carnal
• incarnation
• reincarnate
• reincarnated

Translations

See also

• rebirth
• transmigration

Further reading

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