Delete vs Abolish - What's the difference?
delete | abolish |
A remainder of a music or video release.
To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer.
(computer) To hide, conceal
To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
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(archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.
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As verbs the difference between delete and abolish
is that delete is to remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer while abolish is to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.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 .
Verb
(delet)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, squelchAntonyms
* (to get rid of) insert, maintainabolish
English
Verb
(es)- Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.
- And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot.
- His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as to abolish him.