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recidivate vs revert

revert vs recidivate

recidivate and revert both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
recidivate No No Yes No
revert No No Yes No
As verbs, revert is a hypernym of recidivate; that is, revert is a word with a broader meaning than recidivate:
  • recidivate: go back to bad behavior
  • revert: go back to a previous state
Other hypernyms of recidivate include regress, retrovert, return, turn back.
recidivate (verb) revert (verb)
go back to bad behavior go back to a previous state
undergo reversion, as in a mutation
Difference between recidivate and revert

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