Eliminate vs Alleviate - What's the difference?
eliminate | alleviate |
(slang) To kill (a person or animal).
(physiology) To excrete (waste products).
To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).
(accounting) To record amounts in a to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.
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To make less severe, as a pain or difficulty.
In transitive terms the difference between eliminate and alleviate
is that eliminate is To completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists.
alleviate is to make less severe, as a pain or difficulty.eliminate
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Verb
(eliminat)To completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists.
- Bill was eliminated as a suspect when the police interviewed witnesses.
- John was eliminated as a contestant when it was found he had gained, rather than lost, weight.
FindMyBestCPA.com - Consolidated Statements (Interco eliminations)
Synonyms
* See also * abrogate * abolishSynonyms
* give the chop to * give the boot to * give the sack to * give the walking papers to * vote offExternal links
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alleviate
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Verb
- Alcohol is often a cheap tool to alleviate the stress of a hard day.
