Difference between Recovery and Recuperation

What is the difference between Recovery and Recuperation?

Recovery as a noun is the act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost. while Recuperation as a noun is gradual restoration to health; convalescence (see recuperate)

Recovery

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost. A return to normal health. A return to former status. Renewed growth after a slump (economy).

Example sentence: I think a spiritual journey is not so much a journey of discovery. It's a journey of recovery. It's a journey of uncovering your own inner nature. It's already there.

Recuperation

Part of speech: noun

Definition: gradual restoration to health; convalescence (see recuperate)process by which radical or subversive ideas are co-opted by mainstream society (antonym: detournement)

We hope you now know whether to use Recovery or Recuperation in your sentence.

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