What's the difference between invigorate and revitalize?

Invigorate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and energy to.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Treatment and prevention of menstrual disorders of women at high altitudes could be carried out by invigorating Qi, regulating blood, promoting the flow of Qi, by warming the channel and regulating Zang and Fu, etc.
  • (2) "This will transform and invigorate the whole nature of Scottish television news while the parallel use of web platforms will engage and involve viewers in a way which has never been ventured on this scale."
  • (3) David Folkerts-Landau, chief economist with Deutsche Bank, has also said the influx of refugees has “the potential not just to invigorate our economy but to protect prosperity for future generations”.
  • (4) To the dark immensity of material Nature's indifference we can oppose only the brief light, like a lamp in a cabin, of our consciousness; the invigorating benison of Walden is to make us feel that the contest is equal, and fair.
  • (5) As a journalist, I confess that watching her is both invigorating and rather intimidating.
  • (6) The search for a synthesis bridging the gap between materialist and idealist approaches in anthropological theory has been invigorated by recent efforts to develop a critical medical anthropology.
  • (7) Barack Obama is pinning his hopes on a re-invigorated Iraqi army and moderate Syrian rebels to help defeat militants who are menacing northern Iraq and Syria, as part of a new, detailed strategy to step up American military intervention to confront the movement.
  • (8) Spurs were invigorated and when Kane curled in a beauty two minutes later, taking aim from a position where most players would not even have thought a shot was on, the ground was in a state of near-euphoria.
  • (9) The treatment of 488 cases with anorexy in children showed that the curative effect of the group using Chinese medicines based on the differentiation of symptoms and signs by (1) activating the Spleen, (2) invigorating and activating the spleen was significantly higher than the control using concentrated vitamin B complex (P less than 0.001).
  • (10) At first glance Van Gaal resembled a chef who had been asked to provide a roast dinner, only to find that there was no meat in the fridge, yet United’s manager was invigorated by the challenge of solving the tactical puzzle and Watford struggled to come to terms with the visitors’ fluid formation at first.
  • (11) Before she appeared on stage alongside her father, speakers warmed up the crowd with the invigorating soul classic Midnight Train to Georgia.
  • (12) This study investigated, with microelectrode technic, the effects of electrical activities in pacemaker cells of sinoatrial node by Qixue injection consisting of Ginseng, Astragali and Angelicae sinensis, which may replenish the Qi and invigorate the circulation of blood.
  • (13) Following recent advances in molecular and cell biology, development of hepatocyte transplantation has been considerably invigorated.
  • (14) "The effects of inbreeding may not be as noticeable in the first generation as the invigoration immediately apparent after crossing".
  • (15) Smethers is hoping to tap into the new energy of an invigorated women’s movement, which has seen the emergence of online campaigns such as the Everyday Sexism project, and No More Page 3 .
  • (16) Such action invigorates reflection, and vice versa.
  • (17) Older stagers, like the white-bearded John Tinmouth, who arrives clutching Frances Stonor Saunders's book about the CIA funding of the arts, are invigorated by the presence of the younger arrivals.
  • (18) Hopefully the Chancellor is invigorated following her trip yesterday to a beer tent in Abensberg, Bavaria.... More liquidity needed.
  • (19) White announced his role on the Record Store Day website , saying he would be "proud to help in any way I can to invigorate whoever will listen with the idea that there is beauty and romance in the act of visiting a record shop and getting turned on to something new that could change the way they look at the world, other people, art, and ultimately, themselves."
  • (20) It started in the community but it has invigorated the women’s movement and brought coalitions together with a real impact in every direction.” We’ll find out which direction today.

Revitalize


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To restore vitality to; to bring back to life.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The further disappearance of laboratory exercises from the curriculum should be halted by efforts to revitalize them.
  • (2) It may well be that experimental studies on the infectious etiology of rheumatoid arthritis will be revitalized through an appreciation of the bacterial antigen load in the gastrointestinal tract.
  • (3) The wins were a team effort, combining superb starting pitching with a suddenly revitalized offense, one that has delivered a staggering 12th-fewest runs in the American League this season.
  • (4) Revitalization of the femoral head in cases of aseptic necrosis was attempted in 13 hips of 11 patients 15-33 years of age.
  • (5) Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) has been shown to revitalize the disturbed nasal mucociliary function in man.
  • (6) Thus bovine xenograft used for the repair of tracheal defects has the following advantages: total revitalization, no shrinkage, less prone to infection and formations of ciliated epithelia.
  • (7) A 2014 report from the British Columbia Language Initiative – which seeks to revitalize the province’s First Nations languages – found that the number of semi-fluent speakers had risen significantly since 2010.
  • (8) Successful strategies, based on group therapy techniques and project management skills, can assist group leaders in organizing a group "from scratch" or in revitalizing existing groups.
  • (9) Subsequent research into the pathophysiology of gastric ulcer has been revitalized.
  • (10) Revitalized interest in the clinical complexities of psychotherapy with religious patients (for example, Bradford 1984; Lovinger 1984; Spero 1985a; Stern 1985) has drawn attention to the need for perspectives on religious personality development that account for healthy and adaptational aspects as well as psychopathological aspects of particular forms and levels of religious beliefs, enabling more creative, enriching psychotherapy.
  • (11) We recognize the important role of municipal governments in setting a vision for sustainable cities, from the initiation of city planning through to revitalization of older cities and neighborhoods, including by adopting energy efficiency programmes in building management and developing sustainable locally-appropriate transport systems.
  • (12) Initially funded by the Department of Labor in 1967 as part of the War on Poverty, the program was revitalized during the Great Recession.
  • (13) Fabrizio Goria of Linkiesta was there, and reports: Fabrizio Goria (@FGoria) Monti: Greek efforts are remarkable, we want Greece stay in Eurozone #euco October 19, 2012 Fabrizio Goria (@FGoria) Monti: "Impatience" with EU sometimes seen as "a bit oppressive" is also growing in Italy, but less than in other member states #euco October 19, 2012 Fabrizio Goria (@FGoria) Monti: the EU summit confirmed all banks subject to EU supervision October 19, 2012 Fabrizio Goria (@FGoria) Monti: the Nobel Peace prize to EU is an extraordinary occasion to revitalize the European idea October 19, 2012 Fab also reports that Monti was looking "so tired".
  • (14) The changes in the pattern of vascularization and the revitalization of the avascular fragment were investigated by microangiography.
  • (15) The plan goes against the current movement and effort to revitalize public health clinics, where more 50% of services rendered are maternal-child health related.
  • (16) After the devascularization caused by filling the diaphyseal medulla with acrylic cement, the apparently necrotic cortex was revitalized without osteoclasia.
  • (17) A tooth with an open apex should be evaluated bimonthly for revitalization.
  • (18) The Chinese people discovered ginseng and used it as a revitalizing agent since time immemorial.
  • (19) The revitalization activities have been successful.
  • (20) Not only are Indian people asking for self-government, but they are attempting to revitalize their traditional culture and maintain a unique alternative to the beliefs, values, and customs of the larger society.