What's the difference between relief and relive?

Relief


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained; succor; alleviation; comfort; ease; redress.
  • (n.) Release from a post, or from the performance of duty, by the intervention of others, by discharge, or by relay; as, a relief of a sentry.
  • (n.) That which removes or lessens evil, pain, discomfort, uneasiness, etc.; that which gives succor, aid, or comfort; also, the person who relieves from performance of duty by taking the place of another; a relay.
  • (n.) A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant.
  • (n.) The projection of a figure above the ground or plane on which it is formed.
  • (n.) The appearance of projection given by shading, shadow, etc., to any figure.
  • (n.) The height to which works are raised above the bottom of the ditch.
  • (n.) The elevations and surface undulations of a country.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There was prompt symptomatic relief and amelioration of signs of nephritis.
  • (2) "And in my judgment, when the balance is struck, the factors for granting relief in this case easily outweigh the factors against.
  • (3) We studied the effect of low-dose intrathecal morphine (0.00-0.20 mg) on pain relief and the incidence of side effects after cholecystectomy in 139 patients divided into eight groups according to intrathecal morphine dose: groups 1 (0.00 mg), 2 (0.04 mg), 3 (0.06 mg), 4 (0.08 mg), 5 (0.10 mg), 6 (0.12 mg), 7 (0.15 mg), and 8 (0.20 mg).
  • (4) During the treatment phase we found a complete relief of symptoms in 6 (27%), a partial relief of symptoms in 6 (27%), and some relief of symptoms in 12 (54%) in group 2.
  • (5) Among patients in whom the neuroma had been operated on once previously (first recurrence group), 88% achieved good to excellent pain relief with the technique described in this article.
  • (6) The improvement in the two groups of patients was statistically comparable to the relief of pain and the over-all restoration of function.
  • (7) All four active treatment groups also experienced significantly more relief of pelvic-abdominal pain compared with placebo: piroxicam 40 mg for two days followed by three days of 20 mg (p = 0.002), piroxicam 40 mg for one day followed by four days of 20 mg (p = 0.023), piroxicam 20 mg for five days (p = 0.012), and ibuprofen (p = 0.011).
  • (8) Martin O’Neill spoke of his satisfaction at the Republic of Ireland’s score draw in the first leg of their Euro 2016 play-off against Bosnia-Herzegovina – and of his relief that the match was not abandoned despite the dense fog that descended in the second half and threatened to turn the game into a farce.
  • (9) The plasma zinc level was significantly lower at the time of onset of zinc deficiency than in normal subjects, before the procedure of TPN, or at the time of symptomatic relief achieved by administration of zinc.
  • (10) BPV provides long-term relief of pulmonary valvular obstruction in the majority of patients.
  • (11) With a minimum review period of 6 months complete remission of synovitis was obtained in 20%, while 63% gained symptomatic relief, with some reduction of synovitis.
  • (12) An integrated approach to the surgical management of diffuse subaortic stenosis has been designed to provide adequate relief of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction whatever the anatomical features encountered at operation.
  • (13) The BBA statistics director, David Dooks, said: "It was no surprise to see the January mortgage figures falling back from December, when transactions were being pushed through to beat the end of stamp duty relief.
  • (14) Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) is recognized as an effective therapeutic procedure for nonsurgical relief of critical coronary stenosis.
  • (15) It was a moment’s relief in what is becoming an endless trudge on the road to recovery.
  • (16) Hence, they self-administer opioids for pain relief with PCA according to their expectations.
  • (17) Arsenal’s 10 men fall at the first hurdle against Dinamo Zagreb Read more This win, even against such feeble opponents, was celebrated, with the locals chorusing their manager’s name amid a wave of relief given so much of the team’s domestic campaign to date has been dismal.
  • (18) Its complete removal results in dramatic relief of proptosis.
  • (19) Deficiency in polyunsaturated fatty acids was not found in erythrocyte membranes under conditions of the relief-diet therapy course used.
  • (20) From this information, it would appear that it is possible that the mechanism for the prolonged effect of acupuncture in treating chronic pain is that the repeated activation of the physiological systems by which acupuncture inhibits pain, by the repeated acupuncture treatments, trains the body to continue this activity and thereby maintains the pain relief for a period of time after the last treatment.

Relive


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To live again; to revive.
  • (v. t.) To recall to life; to revive.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I think of tattoos as art, but also, every time I look at mine, I relive the emotions I felt when I had them.
  • (2) To go back to square one is just bringing nightmares to a lot of families to relive,” he said.
  • (3) The mood is fantastic: upbeat, from a crowd of older locals reliving their youth to cool young thangs attracted by Margate’s burgeoning reputation as Dalston-sur-Mer; fiftysomething men in braces and Harringtons, candy-floss-chomping teens… People are picnicking on the fake lawn beside the hair and beauty caravan, children gyrating newly bought hula-hoops to the strains of I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts.
  • (4) Reliving experiences, revictimization dynamics, and dissociative processes are speculated to be involved in the high incidence of exploitation of adult incest survivors by persons in helping roles.
  • (5) And if you do require your games to have a serious moral purpose, then think of the World Cup as a more peaceful version of warfare – where England get to relive their rivalries with Germany; the US square up to Russia; Argentina and Uruguay can lock horns without anyone getting killed.
  • (6) Twenty healthy volunteers (half male) recalled and relived maximally disturbing (NEG) and maximally pleasurable (POS) emotional experiences.
  • (7) Keeler was to constantly relive her ever-changing four months in 1962 with Profumo.
  • (8) In addition to reliving last summer's unrest, a number of police officers interviewed for the Reading the Riots project referred to the abuse experienced in their everyday working lives.
  • (9) he grunts - reliving the moment when, in his first fight with Ali at Madison Square Garden in 1971, he knocked down his then unbeaten opponent to clinch a momentous victory.
  • (10) It would help "if they could somehow find a way of preparing victims, telling them what is going to happen, preparing them for having to relive the whole experience, being publicly humiliated", she added.
  • (11) It is argued that the use of reconstruction-in-mind of childhood game experiences--when one can open up to the child within and relive these experiences--is a method of investigation that may be fruitfully added to the traditional ones.
  • (12) "I relive that scene in the bathroom and it's changed me so much, made me harder.
  • (13) I’m working with them in the wrestle pit … showing them what to do in contact …” He no longer sounds as if he needs to monitor every word, and his enthusiasm is as rich when he relives switching from union to league, and moving to Wigan four years ago.
  • (14) Two months postoperativelly patient was relived of facial pain and was discharged with sensory impairment of the right trigeminal nerve distribution.
  • (15) 12.16pm BST One for twitter users who want to relive the dark days of Lehman Brothers: Joseph Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) DEFINITELY #FF : @TBTFLive tweeting the the financial crisis as it happened in 2008.
  • (16) That’s just the way it happens sometimes.” You can relive the highlights of the first leg here: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close I will be back with team news shortly.
  • (17) A fragment of the analysis of such a patient illustrates how her fantasies could not be adequately contained by the analyst because they revived in him inadequately resolved conflicts from early childhood, conflicts that resembled closely those being relived by the patient.
  • (18) Adults can relive their childhood playing two-foot-high Jenga and 1980s video games at Barcadia (1917 North Henderson Avenue, barcadiabars.com ).
  • (19) But I was not going to miss this chance to relive my youth one final time.
  • (20) Building Britain's Future was more like Reliving New Labour's Past .