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Decommission vs Delete - What's the difference?

decommission | delete |

As verbs the difference between decommission and delete

is that decommission is to take out of service or to render unusable while delete is to remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer.

As a noun delete is

an alternative spelling of Delete|lang=en.

decommission

English

Verb

(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.

    Anagrams

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    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