What's the difference between recover and recuperate?

Recover


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To cover again.
  • (v. t.) To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain.
  • (v. t.) To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time.
  • (v. t.) To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal.
  • (v. t.) To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body.
  • (v. t.) To rescue; to deliver.
  • (v. t.) To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to.
  • (v. t.) To gain as a compensation; to obtain in return for injury or debt; as, to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a suit at law; to obtain title to by judgement in a court of law; as, to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery; to gain by legal process; as, to recover judgement against a defendant.
  • (v. i.) To regain health after sickness; to grow well; to be restored or cured; hence, to regain a former state or condition after misfortune, alarm, etc.; -- often followed by of or from; as, to recover from a state of poverty; to recover from fright.
  • (v. i.) To make one's way; to come; to arrive.
  • (v. i.) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit.
  • (n.) Recovery.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The most frequently recovered beta LPB was Staphylococcus aureus, which was recovered in 356 (47%) patients.
  • (2) The patient recovered completely following discontinuation of antibiotics, transfusion of red blood cells, and treatment with glucocorticoids.
  • (3) The fifth patient recovered after 28 days of parenteral AMB.
  • (4) The ACTH deficiency recovered spontaneously, with normal cortisol responses to depot Synacthen (greater than 1380 at 6 h) and hypoglycemia (peak, 590) 14 and 18 months postpartum, respectively.
  • (5) Compared with cultures from afebrile women, organisms were recovered from 51 (93%) of 55 febrile postpartum women by using the triple-lumen transcervical culture method (P less than .001).
  • (6) N-Ethylmaleimide-sensitive 5'-nucleotide phosphodiesterase and alkaline phosphatase activities from other cell lines were also recovered in the cytosol.
  • (7) The four patients treated in our series recovered fully; the single fatal case constituted an unrecognized case of pneumococcal endocarditis.
  • (8) Following each ischaemic period [ATP], [CrP], [Pi], and [H+] all recovered to control levels within 5-10 min of initiating reperfusion.
  • (9) A quantitative index of duodenogastric reflux was obtained in each case by determining the percentage of the injected dose of 99mTechnetium-DISIDA that was recovered by continuous aspiration of gastric juice in fasting subjects.
  • (10) US presidential election 2016: the state of the Republican race as the year begins Read more So far, the former secretary of state seems to be recovering well from self-inflicted wounds that dogged the start of her second, and most concerted, attempt for the White House.
  • (11) Infectious virus was recovered 3 years after infection from selected tissues of 12 of 17 CAEV(63)-infected goats and 11 of 18 CAEV(Co)-infected goats.
  • (12) The Italian coastguard ship Bruno Gregoracci docked in Malta at about 8am and dropped off two dozen bodies recovered from this weekend’s wreck, including children, according to Save the Children.
  • (13) E. coli ATCC 13706 coliphage were recovered more often and in greater numbers than either of the other two types of coliphages.
  • (14) In contrast, the enzymic domain of the colicin (T2) remained in the aqueous phase and was recovered in a highly active form as a consequence of its dissociation from the immunity protein.
  • (15) On the seventh day, when middle ear effusions were absent, the ciliary activity had recovered to normal.
  • (16) Cultures of these isolants were inoculated experimentally into turkeys and produced lesions of chlamydiosis that were indistinguishable from those caused by the strain originally recovered from diseases turkeys on the premises.
  • (17) All cases recovered uneventfully without repeated infection.
  • (18) Most of the somatogenic binding activity was recovered by hydroxylamine treatment, which removes O-acetyl groups from tyrosine residues but not N-acetyl groups from lysine residues.
  • (19) + inf., pons + medulla), rCBF increased toward the control level gradually, and it completely recovered 60 min after recirculation.
  • (20) From the subcutaneous transplanted tumors a large number of MLuC1-positive tumor cells could easily be recovered, thus indicating the validity of the in vivo methodology.

Recuperate


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.
  • (v. t.) To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or strength.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This paper describes a case with symptomless enlarged submandibular glands, the bioptic findings which were suggesting the diagnosis of sialadenosis, the verification of the underlying disorder by child psychiatry, and the recuperation of the boy during puberty.
  • (2) The assessment of the infant's capacity to organize positive interaction experiences with a nurturing adult has led us to better understand the plasticity process which permits the neonate's recuperation form damage to the central nervous system (CNS).
  • (3) Recovery from muscle fatigue after exercise is known to have two beneficial effects: improved blood lactate elimination and a central nervous recuperation of the capacity for exercise.
  • (4) The above system has aided the parents by showing them that the child can be organized and that its health is recuperable, even after damage to the CNS or premature birth.
  • (5) Thus the parents can utilize their nurturing capacities in their relationship with the child to bring about the best recuperation possible.
  • (6) The same results were obtained before day 21 after MPTP in a parkinsonian monkey that did not recuperate.
  • (7) Informing the parents in question of our observations and approach in order to improve the child's behaviour has resulted in gained confidence and cooperation, and therefore optimum recuperation.
  • (8) Recuperation of the initial structure is definitively obtained during the 2nd month.
  • (9) As regards the direction of the recuperation front, it was established that, at any age, the preferential orientation is caudal, with a deviation to the left in a high percentage of the 20 day to 3 month old pigs, and ventral in all individuals.
  • (10) There was partial restauration of the disc space in 2 cases; the last one presented signs of late collapse after early recuperation.
  • (11) On a personal note, Madikizela-Mandela continues: "I have been in and out of hospital since the 25th January this year, not even one phone call from Luthuli House [ANC headquarters], instead you gave an interview saying I was recuperating from an ankle operation when you did not even care what kind of an operation I had.
  • (12) These experiments suggested the possibility that mu-agonists might enhance cardiovascular recuperation following acute hemorrhagic shock.
  • (13) A government official said Ali Abdullah Saleh, who was badly burned in the attack on 3 June, was discharged in Riyadh on Saturday night and moved to a residence in the city owned by the Saudi royal family to recuperate.
  • (14) Yemeni officials accuse Mobley of shooting two guards, killing one, at the hospital where he was recuperating from the wound in his leg in what they say was a March 2010 escape attempt.
  • (15) The sample consisted of 32 mother-infant dyads: 16 having normal DQ (Group A) and 16 having a below normal DQ (Group B) according to Bailey's Test applied to infants who entered a Nutritional Recuperation Center.
  • (16) The long-term effect of the recuperating stay lasts for 9 months.
  • (17) This paper reports a case of left hemidiaphragmatic paralysis in an instructor pilot and his later recuperation.
  • (18) Spontaneous recuperation with less frequent episodes in adolescence is common, and complications are rare, so that we consider symptomatic treatment appropriate, reserving surgical treatment for complicated cases.
  • (19) Nevertheless, this surgery, while not devoid of complications, permits important functional recuperation in a good number of cases (71.2%).
  • (20) This seems to be due to powerful adaptive mechanisms in the regulation of deposition and dissociation of excessive amounts of active serotonin as well as to the morpho-functional recuperation in the transcapillary exchange.