Difference between Repossess and Reclaim

What is the difference between Repossess and Reclaim?

Repossess as a verb is to reclaim ownership of property for which payment remains due. while Reclaim as a verb is to return land to a suitable condition for use.

Repossess

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To reclaim ownership of property for which payment remains due.

Reclaim

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To return land to a suitable condition for use.To obtain useful products from waste; to recycle.To return someone to a proper course of action; to reform.To claim something back; to repossess.To tame or domesticate a wild animal.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An effort to take something back, to reclaim something.

Example sentence: We were hoping Obama would reclaim moral leadership for America. That failed.

We hope you now know whether to use Repossess or Reclaim in your sentence.

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