Remove vs. Delete
By Muazma Batool — Published on March 27, 2023
Difference Between Remove and Delete
Muazma Batool◉Delete
To cancel, strike out, or make impossible to be perceived
deleted the expletives from the transcript with a marker.
◉Delete
To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.
◉Remove
To change one's place of residence or business; move
"In 1751, I removed from the country to the town" (David Hume).
◉Remove
Distance or degree of separation or remoteness
"to spill, though at a safe remove, the blood of brave men" (Anthony Burgess).
◉Delete
To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit.
I have, therefore, . . . inserted eleven stanzas which do not appear in Sir Walter Scott's version, and have deleted eight.
◉Remove
(transitive) To move something from one place to another, especially to take away.
He removed the marbles from the bag.
◉Remove
(transitive) To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
◉Remove
(British) at some public schools A division of the school, especially the form prior to last
◉Remove
To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.
Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark.
When we had dined, to prevent the ladies' leaving us, I generally ordered the table to be removed.
◉Remove
To cause to leave a person or thing; to cause to cease to be; to take away; hence, to banish; to destroy; to put an end to; to kill; as, to remove a disease.
◉Remove
To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters.
◉Remove
To change place in any manner, or to make a change in place; to move or go from one residence, position, or place to another.
Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane,I can not taint with fear.
◉Remove
The act of removing; a removal.
This place should be at once both school and university, not needing a remove to any other house of scholarship.
And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
◉Remove
The transfer of one's business, or of one's domestic belongings, from one location or dwelling house to another; - in the United States usually called a move.
It is an English proverb that three removes are as bad as a fire.
◉Remove
That which is removed, as a dish removed from table to make room for something else.
◉Remove
The distance or space through which anything is removed; interval; distance; stage; hence, a step or degree in any scale of gradation; specifically, a division in an English public school; as, the boy went up two removes last year.
A freeholder is but one remove from a legislator.
◉Remove
degree of figurative distance or separation;
just one remove from madness
it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy
◉Remove
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract;
remove a threat
remove a wrapper
Remove the dirty dishes from the table
take the gun from your pocket
This machine withdraws heat from the environment
◉Remove
shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes;
He removed his children to the countryside
Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city
remove a case to another court
◉Remove
kill intentionally and with premeditation;
The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
◉Remove
get rid of something abstract;
The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage
God takes away your sins
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