The difference between Rescue and Retake

When used as nouns, rescue means an act or episode of rescuing, saving, whereas retake means a scene that is filmed again, or a picture that is photographed again.

When used as verbs, rescue means to save from any violence, danger or evil, whereas retake means to take something again.

check bellow for the other definitions of Rescue and Retake

  1. Rescue as a verb:

    To save from any violence, danger or evil.

    Examples:

    "The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche."

  2. Rescue as a verb:

    To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.

    Examples:

    "to rescue a prisoner from the enemy''."

  3. Rescue as a verb:

    To recover forcibly.

  4. Rescue as a verb:

    To deliver by arms, notably from a siege.

  5. 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."

  6. Rescue as a verb (figuratively):

    To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.

  1. Rescue as a noun:

    An act or episode of rescuing, saving.

  2. Rescue as a noun:

    A liberation, freeing.

  3. 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"

  4. Rescue as a noun:

    A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded

  5. Rescue as a noun:

    A rescuee.

    Examples:

    "The dog was a rescue with some behavior issues."

  1. Retake as a verb:

    to take something again

  2. Retake as a verb:

    to take something back

  3. Retake as a verb:

    to capture or occupy somewhere again

    Examples:

    "The army tried repeatedly to retake the fort they had been driven from."

  4. Retake as a verb:

    to photograph or film again

  1. Retake as a noun:

    a scene that is filmed again, or a picture that is photographed again

  2. Retake as a noun:

    an instance of resitting an examination

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