Recoup vs. Recuperate: What's the Difference?
Recoup and Recuperate Definitions
Recoup
To get back; recover or regain
Recoup a loss.
Recoup one's dignity.
Recuperate
To return to health or strength; recover.
Recoup
To gain an amount equal to (an outlay or investment)
Expected to recoup the development costs in three years.
Recuperate
To recover from financial loss.
Recoup
To restore; replenish
"urged [her] to catch up on sleep and recoup her utterly spent resources" (Bernard Lown).
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Recuperate
To recover (a financial loss).
Recoup
To reimburse (someone) for a loss or expenditure.
Recuperate
To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
Recoup
(Law) To reduce (the amount of a monetary claim made by a party in a legal action) because of a failure of that party to perform an obligation under the contract or law related to the claim.
Recuperate
(sociology) To co-opt subversive ideas for mainstream use
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Recoup
To recover from loss or exhaustion; recuperate
Needed to recoup after the strenuous campaign.
Recuperate
To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.
Recoup
To make back, as an investment.
He barely managed to recoup his money. He sold out for just what he had invested.
To recoup losses made at the gaming table
Recuperate
To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or strength.
Recoup
To recover from an error.
Recuperate
Regain or make up for;
Recuperate one's losses
Recoup
(legal) To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct.
A landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction.
Recuperate
Regain a former condition after a financial loss;
We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90
The company managed to recuperate
Recoup
(transitive) To reimburse; to indemnify; often used reflexively and in the passive.
Recuperate
Restore to good health or strength
Recoup
To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct; as, where a landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction.
Recuperate
Get over an illness or shock;
The patient is recuperating
Recoup
To get an equivalent or compensation for; as, to recoup money lost at the gaming table; to recoup one's losses in the share market.
Recoup
To reimburse; to indemnify; - often used reflexively and in the passive.
Elizabeth had lost her venture; but if she was bold, she might recoup herself at Philip's cost.
Industry is sometimes recouped for a small price by extensive custom.
Recoup
Reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
Recoup
Regain or make up for;
Recuperate one's losses
Recoup
Retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments;
My employer is withholding taxes
