Erase vs Delete - What's the difference?
erase | delete |
to remove markings or information
To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.
To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.
(baseball) To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play
To be erased .
To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.); to prevent from having an active role in society.
* 1998 , Janice Lynn Ristock, ?Catherine Taylor, Inside the academy and out
* 2004 , Daniel Lefkowitz, Words and Stones (page 209)
* 2011 , Qwo-Li Driskill, Queer Indigenous Studies (page 40)
A remainder of a music or video release.
To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer.
(computer) To hide, conceal
Delete is a synonym of erase.
As verbs the difference between erase and delete
is that erase is to remove markings or information while delete is to remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer.As a noun delete is
an alternative spelling of Delete|lang=en.erase
English
Verb
(eras)- I erased that note because it was wrong.
- I'm going to erase this tape.
- I'm going to erase those files.
- Jones was erased by a 6-4-3 double play.
- The chalkboard erased easily.
- Her painful memories seemingly erased completely.
- The files will erase quickly.
- I suggest, then, that counterdiscourses, when reductive, tend to emulate the screen discourse that erases gay sociality.
- As a result, Palestinians are hyperpresent in Israeli media, while Mizrahim are erased from public discourse.
- Silence around Native sexuality benefits the colonizers and erases queer Native people from their communities.
Derived terms
* eraser * unerase * erasable * unerasableAntonyms
* (remove markings or information) recordAnagrams
* English ergative verbs ----delete
English
(Deletion)Noun
(-)- I lost the file when I accidentally hit delete .