different between solace vs revive

English

Etymology

From Old French solas, from Latin s?l?cium (“consolation”), root from Proto-Indo-European *s?lh?- (“mercy, comfort”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?.l?s/
• (US) enPR: s??lace, IPA^(key): /?s??.l?s/
• Rhymes: -?l?s

Noun

solace (countable and uncountable, plural solaces)

1. Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress.

   You cannot put a monetary value on emotional solace.

2. A source of comfort or consolation.
   • September 25, 1750, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler

     The proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion.

Synonyms

• comfort
• consolation
• relief
• support
• compassion

Derived terms

• solaceful
• solacement

Translations

Verb

solace (third-person singular simple present solaces, present participle solacing, simple past and past participle solaced)

1. (transitive) To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.
2. (transitive) To allay or assuage.
3. (intransitive) To take comfort; to be cheered.

Translations

Related terms

• console

Anagrams

• Coales, acoels, coales

Spanish

Verb

solace

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of solazarse.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of solazarse.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of solazarse.

English

Etymology

From Middle English reviven, revyven, from Old French revivre and Latin rev?v?, from re- + v?v? (“live”, verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???va?v/
• Rhymes: -a?v

Verb

revive (third-person singular simple present revives, present participle reviving, simple past and past participle revived)

1. (intransitive) To return to life; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
2. (transitive) To return to life; to cause to recover life or strength; to cause to live anew, or to prevent from dying.

3. (transitive, intransitive) To recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression.
4. (transitive, figuratively) To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate; to make lively again.
5. (transitive) To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.
6. (transitive) To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken.

7. (intransitive) To recover its natural or metallic state (e.g. a metal)
8. (transitive) To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state

Synonyms

• rediscover
• resurrect
• renew

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Verb

rev?ve

1. second-person singular present active imperative of rev?v?

Spanish

Verb

revive

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of revivir.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of revivir.