Rebuild vs. Restore — What's the Difference?

To build again.

Bring back or re-establish (a previous right, practice, or situation)

To make extensive structural repairs on.

To bring back into existence or use; reestablish

To remodel or make extensive changes in

To bring back to an original or normal condition

(ambitransitive) To build again or anew.

To place in a former position or location

A process or result of rebuilding.

To put (someone) back in a former position or role

To build again, as something which has been demolished; to construct anew; as, to rebuild a house, a wall, a wharf, or a city.

To make restitution of; give back

Build again;

(transitive) To reestablish, or bring back into existence.

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

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

(transitive) To give in place of, or as restitution for.

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

To bring (a note) back to its original signification.

(obsolete) To make good; to make amends for.

(computing) The act of recovering data or a system from a backup.

To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover.

To give or bring back, as that which has been lost., or taken away; to bring back to the owner; to replace.

To renew; to reëstablish; as, to restore harmony among those who are variance.

To give in place of, or as satisfaction for.

To make good; to make amends for.

To bring back from a state of injury or decay, or from a changed condition; as, to restore a painting, statue, etc.

Restoration.

Return to its original or usable and functioning condition;

Return to life; get or give new life or energy;

Give or bring back;

Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken;

Bring back into original existence, use, function, or position;