Delete vs Destroy - What's the difference?
delete | destroy |
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 cause destruction.
To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
To put down or euthanize.
(colloquial) To defeat soundly.
(computing) To remove data.
As a noun delete
is a key that may be pressed to delete something (including text or files) from a computer.As a verb destroy is
to damage beyond use or repair
. 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, maintaindestroy
English
Verb
To damage beyond use or repair.
- The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.
- ''Hooligans destroy unprovoked
- ''Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate
- Destroying a rabid dog is required by law.
- The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.