Convalescence vs. Recuperate

A gradual healing after illness or injury.

The period of time spent healing.

The recovery of heath and strength after disease; the state of a body renewing its vigor after sickness or weakness; the time between the subsidence of a disease and complete restoration to health.

gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury

Convalescence is the gradual recovery of health and strength after illness or injury. It refers to the later stage of an infectious disease or illness when the patient recovers and returns to previous health, but may continue to be a source of infection to others even if feeling better.

To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.

(sociology) To co-opt subversive ideas for mainstream use

To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.

To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or strength.

regain or make up for;

Example: ‘recuperate one's losses’;

regain a former condition after a financial loss;

Example: ‘We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90’; ‘The company managed to recuperate’;

restore to good health or strength

get over an illness or shock;

Example: ‘The patient is recuperating’;

recover from illness or exertion

Example: ‘she has been recuperating from a knee injury’; ‘Christmas is a time to recuperate’;

recover or regain (something lost or taken)

Example: ‘they will seek to recuperate the returns that go with investment’;