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Recovery vs. Rebound: What's the Difference?

Recovery and Rebound Definitions

Recovery

The act, process, duration, or an instance of recovering.

Rebound

To spring or bounce back after hitting or colliding with something.

Recovery

A return to a normal or healthy condition.

Rebound

To recover, as from depression or disappointment.

Recovery

The act of obtaining usable substances from unusable sources.
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Rebound

To reecho; resound.

Recovery

The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.

Rebound

(Basketball) To retrieve and gain possession of the ball as it bounces off the backboard or rim after an unsuccessful shot.

Recovery

A return to normal health.

Rebound

To cause to rebound.
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Recovery

A return to former status or position.

Rebound

(Basketball) To gain possession of (the ball) off the backboard or rim.

Recovery

The act of regaining the natural position after curtseying.

Rebound

Past tense and past participle of rebind.

Recovery

The act of regaining the position of guard after making an attack, in fencing, sparring, etc.

Rebound

To bind again, especially to put a new binding on (a book).

Recovery

(economics) Renewed growth after a slump.

Rebound

A springing or bounding back; a recoil.

Recovery

(finance) The recovery of debt.

Rebound

(Sports) A rebounding or caroming ball or hockey puck, especially coming off of a goalie who has blocked a shot.

Recovery

(legal) A verdict giving somebody the right to recover debts or costs.

Rebound

(Basketball) The act or an instance of taking possession of a rebounding ball.

Recovery

(mining) The extraction of an ore from a mine, or of a metal from an ore

Rebound

A quick recovery from or reaction to disappointment or depression
He is on the rebound following a tumultuous breakup.

Recovery

(gaming) The ability to recover or regain health.

Rebound

A book that has been rebound.

Recovery

The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.

Rebound

The recoil of an object bouncing off another.

Recovery

Restoration from sickness, weakness, faintness, or the like; restoration from a condition of mistortune, of fright, etc.

Rebound

A return to health or well-being; a recovery.
I am on the rebound.

Recovery

The obtaining in a suit at law of a right to something by a verdict and judgment of court.

Rebound

An effort to recover from a setback.

Recovery

The getting, or gaining, of something not previously had.

Rebound

(colloquial) The period of getting over a recently ended romantic relationship.

Recovery

In rowing, the act of regaining the proper position for making a new stroke.

Rebound

(colloquial) A romantic partner with whom one begins a relationship (or the relationship one begins) for the sake of getting over a previous, recently ended romantic relationship.

Recovery

Act of regaining the natural position after curtseying.

Rebound

(sports) The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player or the crossbar or goalpost.

Recovery

Act of regaining the position of guard after making an attack.

Rebound

(basketball) An instance of catching the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without a basket being scored, generally credited to a particular player.

Recovery

Return to an original state;
The recovery of the forest after the fire was surprisingly rapid

Rebound

To bound or spring back from a force.

Recovery

Gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury

Rebound

To give back an echo.

Recovery

The act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)

Rebound

(figuratively) To jump up or get back up again.

Rebound

(transitive) To send back; to reverberate.

Rebound

Simple past tense and past participle of rebind

Rebound

To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.
Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another.

Rebound

To give back an echo.

Rebound

To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse.

Rebound

To recover, as from sickness, psychological shock, or disappointment.

Rebound

To send back; to reverberate.
Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound.

Rebound

The act of rebounding; resilience.
Flew . . . back, as from a rock, with swift rebound.

Rebound

Recovery, as from sickness, psychological shock, or disappointment.

Rebound

A movement back from an impact

Rebound

A reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration;
He is still on the rebound from his wife's death

Rebound

The act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot

Rebound

Spring back; spring away from an impact;
The rubber ball bounced
These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide

Rebound

Return to a former condition;
The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends
The stock market rallied

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