Difference between LuaEntity::revive() and LuaEntity::silent_revive()

[Pi-C]

What is the difference between LuaEntity::revive() and LuaEntity::silent_revive()? Their descriptions look very similar, they seem to be almost identical:

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$ diff /tmp/revive.txt /tmp/silent_revive.txt 
2c2
< revive{return_item_request_proxy?=…, raise_revive?=…}  → dictionary[string → uint]?, LuaEntity?, LuaEntity?
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> silent_revive{return_item_request_proxy?=…, raise_revive?=…}  → dictionary[string → uint]?, LuaEntity?, LuaEntity?
4c4
< Revive a ghost. I.e. turn it from a ghost to a real entity or tile.
---
> Revives a ghost silently.
9c9
< If true the function will return item request proxy as the third return value.
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> If true the function will return item request proxy as the third parameter.
$

Both can be called with the flag raise_revive, and if that is set, they will raise the same events. So when should LuaEntity::silent_revive() be used? Are there any arguments missing from the documentation?

[boskid]

Both of those are using the same internal function for revive purposes with the only difference being that silent_revive makes no sound and creates no smoke.

[Pi-C]

Both of those are using the same internal function for revive purposes with the only difference being that silent_revive makes no sound and creates no smoke.

Oh, thanks! It never occurred to me that "silent" was meant literally, referring to sound -- I thought more along the lines of the command being executed silently, without raising events.