different between convalescent vs rehabilitation

English

Etymology

From French convalescent, from Latin conval?sc?n(t-)s, present participle of conval?scere (“to become strong or well”); see convalesce.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?s?nt

Adjective

convalescent (not comparable)

1. recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness

   • "Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day: "Mon dieu! Mon dieu! Che fais mourir!"

2. of convalescence or convalescents

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Noun

convalescent (plural convalescents)

1. A person recovering from illness.

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Related terms

French

Etymology

From Latin conval?sc?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.va.l?.s??/
• Homophone: convalescents

Adjective

convalescent (feminine singular convalescente, masculine plural convalescents, feminine plural convalescentes)

1. convalescent

Noun

convalescent m (plural convalescents, feminine convalescente)

1. convalescent

Further reading

• “convalescent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon.u?a?le?s.kent/, [k?nu?ä???e?s?k?n?t?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.va?le.?ent/, [k?nv??l????n?t?]

Verb

conval?scent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of conval?sc?

Romanian

Etymology

From French convalescent, from Latin convalescens.

Adjective

convalescent m or n (feminine singular convalescent?, masculine plural convalescen?i, feminine and neuter plural convalescente)

1. convalescent

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle French réhabilitation, from Medieval Latin rehabilitatio.

Noun

rehabilitation (countable and uncountable, plural rehabilitations)

1. The process of rehabilitating somebody or something.
   • August 16 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Swansea upstage Manchester United in Louis van Gaal’s Premier League bow," guardian.co.uk:

     Maybe now it should be clearer why Louis van Gaal has been telling anyone who cares to listen they should not be surprised if Manchester United’s rehabilitation takes longer than they would ideally like.

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See also

• rehab