The difference between Enervate and Revive
When used as verbs, enervate means to reduce strength or energy, whereas revive means to return to life.
Enervate is also adjective with the meaning: made feeble.
check bellow for the other definitions of Enervate and Revive
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Enervate as a verb (transitive):
To reduce strength or energy; debilitate.
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Enervate as a verb (transitive):
To weaken morally or mentally.
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Enervate as a verb (medicine):
To partially or completely remove a nerve.
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Enervate as a verb:
Sentence
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Enervate as a verb:
After being “laid off” three times in a row, she felt too enervated to look for another job.
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Enervate as an adjective:
Made feeble; weakened.
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Revive as a verb (intransitive):
To return to life; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
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Revive as a verb (transitive):
To return to life; to cause to recover life or strength; to cause to live anew
Examples:
"The dying puppy was revived by a soft hand."
"Her grandmother refused to be revived if she lost consciousness"
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Revive as a verb (transitive):
To recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression
Examples:
"classical learning revived in the fifteenth century"
"In recent years, The Manx language has been revived after dying out and is now taught in some schools on the Isle of Man."
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Revive as a verb (transitive):
To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.
Examples:
"Hopefully this new paint job should revive the surgery waiting room"
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Revive as a verb (transitive):
To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.
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Revive as a verb (transitive):
Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning.
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Revive as a verb:
To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken.
Examples:
"The Harry Potter films revived the world's interest in wizardry"
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Revive as a verb (intransitive):
To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.
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Revive as a verb (transitive):
To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state
Examples:
"revive a metal after calcination."