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recoil vs resilience

resilience vs recoil

recoil and resilience both are nouns.

recoil is a verb but resilience is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
recoil Yes No Yes No
resilience Yes No No No
As nouns, resilience is a hyponym of recoil; that is, resilience is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than recoil:
  • recoil: a movement back from an impact
  • resilience: an occurrence of rebounding or springing back
Other hyponyms of recoil include bounce, bouncing, resiliency, carom, ricochet.
recoil (noun) resilience (noun)
a movement back from an impact the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit
the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired an occurrence of rebounding or springing back
recoil (verb) resilience (verb)
spring back, as from a forceful thrust
draw back, as with fear or pain
spring back; spring away from an impact
come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
Difference between recoil and resilience

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