The difference between Make whole and Restore

When used as verbs, make whole means to restore (someone) to a sound, healthy, or otherwise favorable condition, whereas restore means to reestablish, or bring back into existence.


Restore is also noun with the meaning: the act of recovering data or a system from a backup.

check bellow for the other definitions of Make whole and Restore

  1. Make whole as a verb (transitive, set phrase):

    To restore (someone) to a sound, healthy, or otherwise favorable condition.

  2. Make whole as a verb (transitive, set phrase):

    To repair or restore (something).

  3. Make whole as a verb (transitive, finance, legal):

    To provide (someone), especially under the terms of a legal judgment or an agreement, with financial compensation for lost money or other lost assets.

  1. Restore as a verb (transitive):

    To reestablish, or bring back into existence.

    Examples:

    "to restore harmony among those who are at variance"

    "He restored my lost faith in him by doing a good deed."

  2. Restore as a verb (transitive):

    To bring back to good condition from a state of decay or ruin.

  3. Restore as a verb (transitive):

    To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.

  4. Restore as a verb (transitive):

    To give in place of, or as restitution for.

  5. Restore as a verb (computing):

    To recover (data, etc.) from a backup.

    Examples:

    "There was a crash last night, and we're still restoring the file system."

  6. Restore as a verb (obsolete):

    To make good; to make amends for.

  1. Restore as a noun (computing):

    The act of recovering data or a system from a backup.