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
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Make whole as a verb (transitive, set phrase):
To restore (someone) to a sound, healthy, or otherwise favorable condition.
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Make whole as a verb (transitive, set phrase):
To repair or restore (something).
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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.
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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."
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Restore as a verb (transitive):
To bring back to good condition from a state of decay or ruin.
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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.
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Restore as a verb (transitive):
To give in place of, or as restitution for.
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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."
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Restore as a verb (obsolete):
To make good; to make amends for.
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Restore as a noun (computing):
The act of recovering data or a system from a backup.