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Elimate vs Delete - What's the difference?

elimate | delete |

As a verb elimate

is (obsolete) to render smooth; to polish.

As a noun delete is

a key that may be pressed to delete something (including text or files) from a computer.

elimate

English

Verb

(elimat)
  • (obsolete) To render smooth; to polish.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    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