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Deploy vs Demote - What's the difference?

deploy | demote |

In lang=en terms the difference between deploy and demote

is that deploy is to prepare and arrange (usually military unit or units) for use while demote is to relegate.

As verbs the difference between deploy and demote

is that deploy is to prepare and arrange (usually military unit or units) for use while demote is to lower the rank or status of something.

As a noun deploy

is (military|dated) deployment.

deploy

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To prepare and arrange (usually military unit or units) for use.
    • "Deploy two units of infantry along the enemy's flank," the general ordered.
  • (intransitive) To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.
    • He waited tensely for his parachute to deploy .
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    • At first she thought she would be embarrassed that she had deployed her air bag, that the other expert skiers she was with, more than a dozen of them, would have a good laugh at her panicked overreaction.
  • (computing) to install, test and implement a computer system or application.
    • The process for the deployment scenario includes: building a master installation of the operating system, creating its image and deploying the image onto a destination computer.
    Usage Note: by mid-2014, the use of this term in computing was disparagingly referred to as '>citation

    Related terms

    * deployment * redeploy

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (military, dated) deployment

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    English ergative verbs

    demote

    English

    Verb

    (demot)
  • To lower the rank or status of something.
  • To relegate.

    • Antonyms

    * (lower the rank of ): promote

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