The difference between Inhibit and Rescue
When used as verbs, inhibit means to hold in or hold back, whereas rescue means to save from any violence, danger or evil.
Rescue is also noun with the meaning: an act or episode of rescuing, saving.
check bellow for the other definitions of Inhibit and Rescue
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Inhibit as a verb (transitive):
to hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restraint
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Inhibit as a verb (Philippines):
to recuse
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Rescue as a verb:
To save from any violence, danger or evil.
Examples:
"The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche."
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Rescue as a verb:
To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
Examples:
"to rescue a prisoner from the enemy''."
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Rescue as a verb:
To recover forcibly.
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Rescue as a verb:
To deliver by arms, notably from a siege.
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Rescue as a verb (figuratively):
To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
Examples:
"Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls."
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Rescue as a verb (figuratively):
To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.
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Rescue as a noun:
An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
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Rescue as a noun:
A liberation, freeing.
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Rescue as a noun:
The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril
Examples:
"The rescue of Jerusalem was the original motive of the Crusaders"
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Rescue as a noun:
A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded
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Rescue as a noun:
A rescuee.
Examples:
"The dog was a rescue with some behavior issues."
Compare words:
Compare with synonyms and related words:
- free vs rescue
- deliver vs rescue
- pull out of the fire vs rescue
- rescue vs save the day
- redeem vs rescue
- rescue vs save
- endanger vs rescue
- imperil vs rescue
- corrupt vs rescue
- deprave vs rescue
- liberate vs rescue
- release vs rescue
- release vs rescue
- rescue vs unshackle
- rescue vs untie
- enslave vs rescue
- incarcerate vs rescue
- bind vs rescue
- constrict vs rescue
- hamper vs rescue
- inhibit vs rescue
- obstruct vs rescue
- preclude vs rescue
- recapture vs rescue
- rescue vs retake
- kidnap vs rescue
- liberate vs rescue
- arrest vs rescue
- capture vs rescue