What's the difference between rekindle and resurrect?

Rekindle


Definition:

  • (v. t. & i.) To kindle again.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Mr Bae stars in a popular drama, Winter Sonata, a tale of rekindled puppy love that has left many Japanese women hankering for an age when their own men were as sensitive and attentive as the Korean actor.
  • (2) But when in mid-October two of the artists received death threats, the menaces were widely reported and rekindled debate, prompting vicious, anti-Muslim comments on Danish talk shows.
  • (3) In early 1998, Frischmann and Albarn went on holiday to Bali in an unsuccessful attempt to rekindle their relationship.
  • (4) Blair then acted as an "honest broker" between the two to rekindle the deal, the court heard.
  • (5) Interest in the long-neglected neuropathology of major affective disorders has recently been rekindled, partly because of the emergence of brain-imaging techniques.
  • (6) This technique rekindles interest in intra-arterial chemotherapy via a retrograde temporal route, by simplifying the technique.
  • (7) A revised policy would have to fulfil the twin objectives of ending the torture and other violations without rekindling the armada of boats.
  • (8) The UN, the EU and Britain joined the Palestinians in condemning the move as provocative at a time when the major powers are struggling to rekindle negotiations while the Palestinian bid for statehood is still before the UN security council.
  • (9) It has come up with a range of new products, including pastas and frozen foods, aimed at rekindling demand for its range.
  • (10) What the nascent recovery has done, however, is rekindle the true national sport since the 1970s – property speculation.
  • (11) Yet, despite the general negativity which seems to prevail, there remain grounds for optimism that the fire that inspired the Human Rights Act can be rekindled.
  • (12) Patents for magnetic denture retainers in dental prosthesis, have issued since 1930, but recent developments rekindled interest.
  • (13) Recent advances in electrode design have helped to rekindle clinical interests in noninvasive electrocochleography--to enhance auditory brain stem response (ABR) recordings (namely, wave I) and to screen Meniere's disease.
  • (14) Yet those around me, my family and my partner, Jen, encouraged me and rekindled my fight.
  • (15) In Hong Kong, Liu’s death has rekindled an anti-mainland sentiment that has been smouldering for years.
  • (16) With a bit more fiscal leeway, Syriza argues it could raise public sector salaries, slow the pace of job cuts and raise pensions, helping to boost consumer demand and rekindle economic growth.
  • (17) The president will signal a rekindling of the "special relationship" by welcoming Cameron to the White House with a 19-gun salute and a state dinner.
  • (18) Comparative examination of the chronological pattern of the clinical seizure development, after discharge growth, and formation of distant independent spike foci was made between periods of kindling with chronic drug administration and of rekindling without drugs.
  • (19) With the Squire-Brown friendship rekindled and Reni back on drums and backing vocals, they have a point to prove: that a Third Coming can be done with dignity, and that the once-mighty Stone Roses can be The Best Band On The Planet once again.
  • (20) Her relationship with Charles, which began before her marriage then was rekindled afterwards and during his own marriage to Diana, led to her becoming a prisoner in her own home, fearful of public hostility and press hounding, especially after Diana’s death.

Resurrect


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To take from the grave; to disinter.
  • (v. t.) To reanimate; to restore to life; to bring to view (that which was forgotten or lost).

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But Trimble, also a former leader of the UUP, said that resurrecting the IMC could act as a “confidence-building measure” for the unionist community.
  • (2) Conscious hip-hop may have once died an untimely death, but its resurrection is good news for everyone, especially if you've got shares in Eastpak.
  • (3) The church excommunicated him in 1901, unhappy with his novel Resurrection and Tolstoy's espousal of Christian anarchist and pacifist views.
  • (4) Mitalipov's work resurrects cloning as a means of making tool for creating stem cells, and means that iPS cells can now be compared directly with embryonic stem cells to see if the differences matter.
  • (5) No call for the resurrection of the proud, shared traditions of Scots, Welsh and English people as they defied the powerful to build a better society; no convincing pledge that a new Britain would be forged, just and equal and fair unlike what New Labour failed to deliver.
  • (6) A lthough Steven Spielberg's new movie Lincoln barely shows the event, Abraham Lincoln was murdered by an actor – in a theatre, no less – so it seems especially appropriate that, a century and a half later, his resurrection should be conducted by a member of the same profession.
  • (7) I act with deeds and words, because the government seems determined to resurrect the old Victorian approach to disabled people.
  • (8) He must also decide whether to resurrect the post of White House climate adviser, which has been empty since early 2011 when Carol Browner stepped down .
  • (9) Few see it as a coincidence that the supreme court this week resurrected its efforts to have Swiss authorities prosecute Zardari on corruption charges.
  • (10) The future It is therefore surprising that this now discredited notion has been resurrected in the current debate over who can use which public restrooms.
  • (11) f) Excess, unbound fixative inhibited the histochemical reaction per se and had to be removed from the tissue but prolonged washing did not resurrect enzyme activity which was lost by fixation.
  • (12) If Ukip is ever to resurrect itself as a serious political force, it’s going to need a good long think about what fundamentally drives people to be Ukip.” Arnott said he would formally resign as Ukip’s general secretary and constitutional affairs spokesman after the party’s national executive committee (NEC) meeting on Monday.
  • (13) He then went on to resurrect his scenario of the ordinary worker who sees their neighbour "still asleep, living a life on benefits", to announce measures to cut almost £4bn a year from the welfare bill by uprating benefits for Britain's poorest by just 1% a year until 2015.
  • (14) A core group of European Union founding countries is to risk the fury of Visegrád member states as it forces the resurrection of a two-speed Europe back on to the Brussels agenda six decades after the treaty of Rome.
  • (15) It said that demonstration sparked an investigation then into whether the Brotherhood had resurrected a military wing.
  • (16) But now, with the surprise resurrection of Arrested Development and a well-adjusted lead role in new sitcom The Millers , he's in a pretty good place.
  • (17) Touré, nonetheless, was clearly relieved about a verdict that at least gives the former Arsenal player the chance to resurrect his career at a time when Mancini is already looking at bringing in another centre-half to partner Vincent Kompany.
  • (18) What was the 50p tax rate that Labour says it will resurrect?
  • (19) Now the physical intervention is about to start.” The chapel above the tomb where Christ is believed to have been buried and resurrected is in danger of collapse.
  • (20) One encounters these inner-city vicars who don't seem to mind what you believe – some will even say that the resurrection is but a metaphor – but don't be fooled.

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