Salvage
Part of speech: verb
Definition: Of property or people at risk, to rescue Of discarded goods, to put to use To make new or restore for the use of being saved
Part of speech: noun
Definition: the rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation the ship, crew or cargo so rescued the compensation paid to the rescuers the similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted damaged
Example sentence: A pig has a plow on the end of its nose because it does meaningful work with it. It is built to dig and create soil disturbance, something it can't do in a concentrated feeding environment. The omnivore has historically been a salvage operation for food scraps around the homestead.
Relieve
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast.To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of.To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor.To free, wholly or partly, from any burden, trial, evil, distress, or the like; to give ease, comfort, or consolation to; to give aid, help, or succor to; to support, strengthen, or deliver; as, to relieve a besieged town.To release from a post, station, or duty; to put another in place of, or to take the place of, in the bearing of any burden, or discharge of any duty.To ease of any imposition, burden, wrong, or oppression, by judicial or legislative interposition, as by the removal of a grievance, by indemnification for losses, or the like; to right.
Example sentence: I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.