Efface vs Extirpate - What's the difference?
efface | extirpate |
To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.
* 1825 , , The Talisman , A.L. Burt Company (1832?), 15:
To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out]] or [[strike out, striking out.
(reflexive) To make oneself inobtrusive as if due to modesty or diffidence.
(medicine) Of the cervix during pregnancy, to thin and stretch in preparation for labor.
(obsolete) To clear an area of roots and stumps.
To pull up by the roots; uproot.
To destroy completely; to annihilate.
To surgically remove.
As verbs the difference between efface and extirpate
is that efface is while extirpate is (obsolete) to clear an area of roots and stumps.efface
English
Verb
(effac)- Do not efface what I've written on the chalkboard.
- An outline of the same device might be traced on his shield, though many a blow had almost effaced the painting.
- Some people like to efface their own memories with alcohol.
- Many people seem shy, but they really just efface for meekness.
- Some females efface 75% by the 39th week of pregnancy.