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Deleting vs Delete - What's the difference?

deleting | delete |

As verbs the difference between deleting and delete

is that deleting is present participle of delete 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.

deleting

English

Verb

(head)

    • 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