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Delete vs Delate - What's the difference?

delete | delate |

As verbs the difference between delete and delate

is that delete is to remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer while delate is to carry; to convey.

As a noun delete

is an alternative spelling of Delete|lang=en.

delete

English

(Deletion)

Noun

(-)
    • I lost the file when I accidentally hit delete .
  • A remainder of a music or video release.

    • Verb

    (delet)
  • To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer.
  • (computer) To hide, conceal

    • Synonyms

    * (to get rid of) erase, strike, terminate, cease existence, remove, rub out, strike out, obliterate, cancel, cross out, score, scrub, scrap, scratch, expunge, eliminate, blue-pencil, exclude, squelch

    Antonyms

    * (to get rid of) insert, maintain

    Related terms

    * deleterious * deletion * delible

    delate

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (delat)
  • To carry; to convey.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Try exactly the time wherein sound is delated .
  • To carry abroad; to spread; to make public.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • when the crime is delated or notorious
  • To carry or bring against, as a charge; to inform against; to accuse; to denounce.
  • * Bishop Burnet
    • As men were delated , they were marked down for such a fine.
  • To carry on; to conduct.
    • (Warner)

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (delat)
    • (Goodwin)
    (Webster 1913) ----