Resurrection vs. Revival — What's the Difference?

Resurrection or anastasis is the concept of coming back to life after death. In a number of religions, a dying-and-rising god is a deity which dies and resurrects.

The act or an instance of reviving

The act of restoring a dead person, for example, to life.

The condition of being revived.

The condition of having been restored to life.

A restoration to use, acceptance, activity, or vigor after a period of obscurity or quiescence

The return of Jesus to life on the third day after the Crucifixion.

A new presentation of an old play, movie, opera, ballet, or similar production.

The restoration of the dead to life at the Last Judgment.

A time of reawakened interest in religion.

The act of bringing back to practice, notice, use, or vibrancy; revival

A meeting or series of meetings for the purpose of reawakening religious faith, often characterized by impassioned preaching and public testimony.

The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again.

Restoration to validity of something lapsed or set aside, such as a legal claim or status.

(archaic) bodysnatching

The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.

A rising again; the resumption of vigor.

Reanimation from a state of languor or depression; applied to health, a person's spirits, etc.

Especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption of life by the dead; as, the resurrection of Jesus Christ; the general resurrection of all the dead at the Day of Judgment.

Renewed interest, performance, cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of culture, commerce, agriculture.

State of being risen from the dead; future state.

Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion.

The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead.

(religion) Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest.

(New Testament) the rising of Christ on the third day after the Crucifixion

(Christianity) A Christian religious meeting held to inspire active members of a church body or to gain new converts.

Revival from inactivity and disuse;

(law) Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; reinstatement of a legal action.

(chemistry) Revivification, as of a metal.

The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.

Bringing again into activity and prominence;

An evangelistic meeting intended to reawaken interest in religion