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Discontinued vs Deleted - What's the difference?

discontinued | deleted |

As verbs the difference between discontinued and deleted

is that discontinued is (discontinue) while deleted is (delete).

As an adjective discontinued

is permanently no longer available or in production.

discontinued

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Permanently no longer available or in production.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (discontinue)
    • This software line has been discontinued .

    deleted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (delete)

    • 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