Decommissioned vs Retired - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between decommissioned and retired

is that decommissioned is (decommission) while retired is (retire).

secluded from society (of a lifestyle, activity etc); private, quiet.

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(en verb)

To take out of service or to render unusable.

They decommissioned the ship after the accident.

The Army decommissioned the Sherman tank by filling the turret with cement.

To remove or revoke a commission.

After his arrest, the officer was decommissioned from the police force.

To remove or revoke a formal designation.

The state highway was decommissioned and reverted to local control.

(en adjective)

Secluded from society (of a lifestyle, activity etc.); private, quiet.

Of a place: far from civilisation, not able to be easily seen or accessed; secluded.

*1910 , , "The Saint and the Goblin", Reginald in Russia :

*:The little stone Saint occupied a retired niche in a side aisle of the old cathedral.

That has left employment (of a person), especially on reaching pensionable age.

The retired workers are a major expense due to their pensions.

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(retire)

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