Recover vs. Rescue

Recoververb

(transitive) To get back, regain (a physical thing lost etc.).

Recoververb

(transitive) To return to, resume (a given state of mind or body).

Recoververb

To reach (a place), arrive at.

Recoververb

To restore to good health, consciousness, life etc.

Recoververb

To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of.

Recoververb

To get better from; to get over.

Recoververb

(intransitive) To get better, regain one's health.

Recoververb

(intransitive) To regain one's composure, balance etc.

Recoververb

To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit.

Recoververb

To gain as compensation or reparation.

Recoververb

To gain by legal process.

Recoververb

To cover again.

Recoververb

(roofing) To add a new roof membrane or steep-slope covering over an existing one.

Recovernoun

(obsolete) Recovery.

Recovernoun

(military) A position of holding a firearm during exercises, whereby the lock is at shoulder height and the sling facing out.

Recovernoun

(rowing) The forward movement in rowing, after one stroke to take another.

Recoververb

To cover again.

Recoververb

To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain.

Recoververb

To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time.

Recoververb

To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal.

Recoververb

To overcome; to get the better of, - as a state of mind or body.

Recoververb

To rescue; to deliver.

Recoververb

To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to.

Recoververb

To gain as a compensation; to obtain in return for injury or debt; as, to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a suit at law; to obtain title to by judgement in a court of law; as, to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery; to gain by legal process; as, to recover judgement against a defendant.

Recoververb

To regain health after sickness; to grow well; to be restored or cured; hence, to regain a former state or condition after misfortune, alarm, etc.; - often followed by of or from; as, to recover from a state of poverty; to recover from fright.

Recoververb

To make one's way; to come; to arrive.

Recoververb

To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit.

Recovernoun

Recovery.

Recoververb

get or find back; recover the use of;

Recoververb

get over an illness or shock;

Recoververb

regain a former condition after a financial loss;

Recoververb

regain or make up for;

Recoververb

of materials from waste products

Recoververb

cover anew;

Recoververb

return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength

Recoververb

(of a person) be well again

Recoververb

find or regain possession of (something stolen or lost)

Recoververb

regain control of (oneself or of a physical or mental state)

Recoververb

regain or secure (money spent or lost or compensation) by legal process or the making of profits

Recoververb

make up for (a loss in position or time)

Recoververb

remove or extract (an energy source or industrial chemical) for use, reuse, or waste treatment

Recovernoun

a defined position of a firearm forming part of a military drill

Rescueverb

To save from any violence, danger or evil.

Rescueverb

To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.

Rescueverb

To recover forcibly.

Rescueverb

To deliver by arms, notably from a siege.

Rescueverb

(figuratively) To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.

Rescueverb

(figuratively) To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.

Rescuenoun

An act or episode of rescuing, saving.

Rescuenoun

A liberation, freeing.

Rescuenoun

The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril

Rescuenoun

A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded

Rescuenoun

A rescuee.

Rescueverb

To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction.

Rescuenoun

The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation.

Rescuenoun

The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained.

Rescuenoun

recovery or preservation from loss or danger;

Rescueverb

free from harm or evil

Rescueverb

take forcibly from legal custody;

Rescue

Rescue comprises responsive operations that usually involve the saving of life, or the urgent treatment of injuries after an accident or a dangerous situation. Tools used might include search and rescue dogs, mounted search and rescue horses, helicopters, the , and other hydraulic cutting and spreading tools used to extricate individuals from wrecked vehicles.