Decease vs Vanish - What's the difference?

Decease is a related term of vanish.

As nouns the difference between decease and vanish

is that decease is (formal) death while vanish is (phonetics) the brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part.

As verbs the difference between decease and vanish

is that decease is to die while vanish is to become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.

decease

English

Noun

(death) (-)

(formal) death

(obsolescent) Departure, especially departure from this life

Verb

(deceas)

To die.

*, II.17:

After which usurped victorie, he presently deceased : and partly through the excessive joy he thereby conceived.

Synonyms

* See also

Usage notes

The noun and verb forms are much less commonly used than the participial adjective "deceased," particularly outside formal, literary, or legal usage.

vanish

English

Verb

(es)

To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.

*:The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished , pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.

(lb) To become equal to zero.

:The function f(x)=x² vanishes at x=0.

Synonyms

* disappear

Derived terms

* vanishing spray

Noun

(vanishes)

(phonetics) The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part.

a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill.

o as in old ordinarily ends with a vanish of oo as in foot.

(Rush)