The difference between Reclaim and Reform
When used as nouns, reclaim means the calling back of a hawk, whereas reform means the change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it.
When used as verbs, reclaim means to return land to a suitable condition for use, whereas reform means to put into a new and improved form or condition.
check bellow for the other definitions of Reclaim and Reform
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Reclaim as a verb (transitive):
To return land to a suitable condition for use.
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Reclaim as a verb (transitive):
To obtain useful products from waste; to recycle.
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Reclaim as a verb (transitive):
To claim something back; to repossess.
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Reclaim as a verb (transitive, dated):
To return someone to a proper course of action, or correct an error; to reform.
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Reclaim as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To tame or domesticate a wild animal.
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Reclaim as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting.
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Reclaim as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
Examples:
"rfquotek Fuller"
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Reclaim as a verb (obsolete, rare):
To draw back; to give way.
Examples:
"rfquotek Edmund Spenser"
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Reclaim as a verb (intransitive, legal, Scotland):
To appeal from the Lord Ordinary to the inner house of the Court of Session.
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Reclaim as a noun (obsolete, falconry):
The calling back of a hawk.
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Reclaim as a noun (obsolete):
The bringing back or recalling of a person; the fetching of someone back.
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Reclaim as a noun:
An effort to take something back, to reclaim something.
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Reform as a noun:
The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it
Examples:
"The elections need to undergo a serious reform."
"A major reform is needed to improve the efficiency in the factory."
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Reform as a verb (transitive):
To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better
Examples:
"to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals; to reform a criminal"
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Reform as a verb (intransitive):
To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits
Examples:
"It is hoped that many criminals, upon being freed, will eventually reform."
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Reform as a verb (transitive, intransitive):
To form again or in a new configuration.
Examples:
"This product contains reformed meat."
"The regiment reformed after surviving the first attack."
"The pop group reformed for one final tour."